Among the goals of the neuropsychological assessment are to detect the presence of brain damage, localize which areas of the brain may be dysfunctional and describe subsequent functional impairments. The sensitivity of neuropsychological instruments in carrying out these functions is a question of some debate. The purpose of this study is to determine the utility of lateralizing indicators from the WAIS-III, McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND) and Haptic Visual Discrimination Test (HVDT), from the McCarron-Dial System Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (MDS), in ascertaining the presence or absence of brain damage as well as location of lesion. The classification accuracies of using performance level indicators from these tests and lateralizing indicators, alone and together, were compared.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc3287 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Gregory, Erin Kathleen Taylor |
| Contributors | Bodenhamer-Davis, Eugenia, Dial, Jack, Ramos, Vincent |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Use restricted to UNT Community, Copyright, Gregory, Erin Kathleen Taylor, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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