Minimal Organicity in Children of Normal Intelligence

Abstract

The present study was designed to determine whether a diagnosis of minimal organicity based on psychological tests would correlate with a diagnosis based on minor neurological signs, and whether psychological test patterns would discriminate between children identified as minimally damaged and those not identified. Fifty subjects, age 7 to 12 years, of average intelligence and without central nervous system pathology, were examined. The WISC and Bender Gestalt were administered by a psychologist, and the children were examined by a neurologist. Agreement was found between the psychological and neurological examinations in 43 cases. On the WISC, subjects identified as minimally damaged did less well on the Coding subtest and on a Perceptual Organization factor. In 21 out of 25 cases, their Bender age (Koppitz norms) was one year or more below their chronological age, as compared with 7 out of 25 in the normal group.

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