Purdue Pegboard as a predictor of the presence and laterality of cerebral lesions

A portion of the Purdue Pegboard Test taking 3 minutes to administer was given to 80 patients on a neurology service of a general hospital. With otpimum cutoff scores it was possible to indicate the presence of laterality or diffuseness of brain damage in 70% of the cases. Brain damage without regar...

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Published in:Journal of Consulting Psychology 1963-04, Vol.27 (2), p.133-137
Main Authors: Costa, Louis D, Vaughan, Herbert G, Levita, Eric, Farber, Norman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain Diseases
Cerebral Cortex
Functional Laterality
Hospitals
Human
Humans
Lateral Dominance
Neurology
Old Medline
Psychological Tests
Test Taking
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Summary:A portion of the Purdue Pegboard Test taking 3 minutes to administer was given to 80 patients on a neurology service of a general hospital. With otpimum cutoff scores it was possible to indicate the presence of laterality or diffuseness of brain damage in 70% of the cases. Brain damage without regard to lateralization was correctly determined in 90% of cases with 7.5% false negatives and 2.5% false positive. The test was then cross-validated on 65 consecutive admissions with small loss in predictive efficiency. The data support the use of sensorimotor rather than perceptual cognitive tests in screening for brain damage because they are less dependent upon educational background and because of the lateralizing significance of sensorimotor dysfunction.
ISSN:0095-8891
0022-006X
1946-1887
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0040737