Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed for 13 cognitively intact and 55 early dementia subjects attending a memory clinic in Singapore. The clock drawings were scored according to comprehensive (Lin’s 16-item clock drawing and clock copying) and abbreviated (Lin’s simplified, Watson, Schulman) protocols. Diagnostic performance and optimal cut-off scores were determined, using receiver o...

The utility of the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) in localizing lesions has not been thoroughly examined to date. In the present study, six scoring systems (Freedman et al., 1994; Ishiai, Sugishita, Ichikawa, Gono, & Watabiki, 1993; Mendez, Ala, & Underwood, 1992; Rouleau, Salmon, Butters, Kennedy, & McGuife, 1992; Sunderland et al., 1989; Tuokko, Hadjistavropoulos, Miller, & Beattie, 1992; Watson, A...

The human figure drawing test as a psychodiagnostic method has been used for almost 100 years. During this period it gained its supporters and opponents. can be approached in several ways that have historically developed. aim of work is to present interpretative paradigms (complex evaluation systems), which different theoretical backgrounds well interpreting the results. Each approaches – perfo...

Abstract The contribution of motor efficiency to the maintenance psychological well-being in cognitively impaired older individuals is still insufficiently examined. This investigation primarily intended evaluate whether muscular strength mediates relationship between different facets (i.e., personal satisfaction, emotional competence, coping), negative mood, and central executive through Clock...