Changes in the performance of parkinsonian patients and normal aged on the benton visual retention test

Abstract

Performance on the Benton Visual Retention Test was compared between those with Parkinson's disease (PD) and age-equivalent controls. The major difference between groups was that those with PD showed an increase in figural reproduction errors between test periods spaced six months apart, while controls showed little increase in errors over this time and made fewer errors at each time of testing. Age and IQ accounted for major proportions of variance in performance for both groups (about 50%), far more than that attributable to group membership. Within the PD group, however, age and disease onset were confounded (r = .92), indicating that age as a variable is quite when disease onset is considered. The results support the notion that PD is associated with change in visual-spatial memory, beyond that predicted by age per se.

Benton’s Visual Retention Test in Patients with Polycystic Lipomembranous Dysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy

“…The BVRT has proven to be informative in evaluating suspected intellectual deterioration or impairment of visuospatial memory related to many diseases, e.g. subjective memory complaints in elderly persons [20,21], age-related brain changes discovered by MRI [22], Parkinson's disease [23], HIV infection [24], multiple sclerosis [25], substance abuse [26], and occupational exposure to organic solvents [27].…”

A Novel Method for the Development of Environmental Public Health Indicators and Benchmark Dose Estimation Using a Health-Based End Point for Chlorpyrifos

“…2010 ) and performance tests ( Cohn and MacPhail 1997 ). Moreover, this outcome is considered to be analogous to tests of visuospatial working memory in humans ( Netherton et al. 1989 ; Webster et al.…”

“…(2003). From this study, we utilized the data from the results of the Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT), a human-equivalent test for assessing spatial working memory deficits analogous to the Morris water maze test in rats ( Netherton et al. 1989 ).…”

Visual form discrimination as a multiple-choice visual memory test: Illustrative data

“…Impairment of visual memory has been reported in a number of groups including individuals with Parkinson's disease (Netherton, Elias, & Albrecht, 1989), right hemisphere lesions (Milner, 1971) and very mild dementia (Robinson-Whelen, 1992), as well as normal elderly (Haaland, Linn, Hunt, & Goodwin, 1983). As many of these individuals may have upper extremity motor difficulty (hemiplegia, tremor, or arthritis), a nonmotor visual memory test such as the multiple-choice VRT would be a desirable addition to the neuropsychologist's armamentarium.…”