Faculty Articles
Interpretation of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery by Item Intercorrelation: Intellectual Processes.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Clinical Neuropsychology
ISSN
0363-8715
Publication Date
1983
Abstract
198 brain-damaged psychiatric patients and 70 normal controls (mean age 40 yrs) completed the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) to determine whether test items that theoretically use similar regions of the brain would show intercorrelations consistent with the expected relationships. Results suggest that the Intellectual Processes scale of the LNNB is highly sensitive to disorders in both hemispheres, although it is more sensitive to left-hemisphere disorders due to its dependence on speech and language functioning. However, the determination of laterality must be made by investigation of the specific items to see if those initial items that are right-hemisphere oriented suggest intact visual interpretation skills. The interaction of separate areas of the brain in different tasks is discussed, and it is concluded that correlational analysis of LNNB scores offers a more qualitative and intuitive understanding of an individual's dysfunction. (18 ref)
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
23
Last Page
28
NSUWorks Citation
Golden, C. J.,
Berg, R. A.
(1983). Interpretation of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery by Item Intercorrelation: Intellectual Processes.. Clinical Neuropsychology, 5(1), 23-28.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/763
