Drawing disability in patients with senile dementia
Drawing disability in patients with senile dementia
复制标题
老年痴呆症患者绘画障碍
作者：
V. Moore;M. Wyke
对15例老年期痴呆患者进行了一系列的绘画任务，并对其智力功能和痴呆严重程度进行了评估。他们的表现与15名老年对照组的表现进行了比较。与对照组相比，痴呆症患者的自发绘画能力较差。相同物体的复制品包含更多细节，但它们往往在空间中放置错误。痴呆症患者的表现与报道的脑局灶性病变患者不同。研究发现，绘画成绩与智力功能和痴呆症的严重程度之间存在显著的关系。讨论了这些发现的理论和实践意义。
Synopsis A series of drawing tasks was administered to 15 patients with senile dementia who were assessed for intellectual functioning and severity of dementia. Their performance was compared with that of 15 elderly control subjects. The demented patients' spontaneous drawings were found to be impoverished in comparison with those of the controls. Copies of the same objects included more details, but these tended to be wrongly positioned in space. The performance of the patients with dementia was unlike that reported for patients with focal brain lesions. Significant relations were found between drawing performance and intellectual functioning and severity of dementia. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.