Bilal Pervaiz

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Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test

Introduction
The original Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test was developed in 1938 by psychiatrist Lauretta
Bender. There are several different versions of the Bender-Gestalt available today. The Bender
Visual Motor Gestalt test (or Bender-Gestalt test) is a psychological assessment used to evaluate
visual-motor functioning, visual-perceptual skills, neurological impairment, and emotional
disturbances in children and adults ages three and older. The Bender-Gestalt is used to evaluate
visual-motor maturity and to screen children for developmental delays. The test is also used to
assess brain damage and neurological deficits. Individuals who have suffered a traumatic brain
injury may be given the Bender-Gestalt as part of a battery of neuropsychological measures, or
tests. The Bender-Gestalt is sometimes used in conjunction with other personality tests to
determine the presence of emotional and psychiatric disturbances such as schizophrenia.

Procedure
The standard Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test consists of nine figures, each on its own 3 × 5
card. An examiner presents each figure to the test subject one at a time and asks the subject to
copy it onto a single piece of blank paper. The only instruction given to the subject is that he or
she should make the best reproduction of the figure possible. The test is not timed, although
standard administration time is typically 10-20 minutes. After testing is complete, the results are
scored based on accuracy and organization.

Table

Scale Age group Raw Mean S.D Range Interpretation

score
BGT 11-0 to 11-11 01 1.4 1.4 1.4-2.8 Below

Interpretation / Evaluation:
Participant raw score is 01 and mean score is 1.4 so participant raw score lie below the mean
score. It indicates that participant normality about his cognitive-motor functioning. It indicates
that participant has balance motor functioning and has no error in motor-functioning. It means
that participant has normal hand functioning, quality of walking, posture, passive muscle tone
and coordination.