Supplemental instructions for scoring and interpretation for

BENDER GESTALT MOTOR VISUAL TEST:

1. Sequence - drawings should be drawn from top to bottom.

Right to left drawing of figures are indicative of negativistic or rebellious tendencies.

2. Position of the first drawing

Please make use of a ruler to measure placement of the drawings. Please refer to the manual for
measurements and scoring.

3. Use of space

Please refer to the manual.

4. Collision

Please refer to the manual.

5. Shift in the position of paper

Please refer to the manual.

6. Closure difficulty

Please refer to the manual

7. Crossing difficulty

Please refer to the manual

8. Curvature difficulty

Changes in the curves should be noted especially for figures 4, 5 and 6.

Figure 4 should contain 2 small curves at either side and 1 large concave curve in the middle.

Figure 5 should contain 1 concave curve

Figure 6 should contain 1 horizontal curved line and 1 diagonal curved line.

The horizontal curved line should consist of 5 concave curves and 4 convex curves

The vertical curved line should consist of 4 concave curves and 4 convex curves.
9. Change in Angulations
FIGURE 2 = 65 Degrees

FIGURE 3 = 160 Degrees

FIGURE 4 = 155 Degrees

FIGURE 5 = 135 Degrees

 FIGURE 6 = 115 Degrees

FIGURE 7 = 125 Degrees

10. Perceptual Rotation

Please refer to the manual

11. Retrogression

Please refer to the manual.

12. Simplification

Please refer to the manual.

13. Fragmentation

Please refer to the manual.

14. Overlapping difficulty

Please refer to the manual.

15. Elaboration and Doodling

Please refer to the manual.

16. Perseveration

Please refer to the manual

17. Redrawing of the Total Figure

Please refer to the manual