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The preliminary psychometric properties of the Brief Neuropsycholinguistic Assessment Instrument NEUPSILIN-L were analyzed in patients with and without expressive aphasia. This study included 94 adults: 11 with brain damage in the right hemisphere (RHD), 38 with brain damage in the left hemisphere (LHD), and 45 neurologically healthy. The group with LHD presented lower scores than the other groups, mainly in the language tasks, as well as the sample with aphasia. Clinical groups performed better on the NEUPSILIN-L in tasks with motor response options, about oral responses. The NEUPSILIN-L items had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.931 and McDonald omega of 0.950. The results of the groups in the NEUPSILIN-L showed that the instrument presents evidence of validity based on the relationship with criteria and high internal consistency. Future studies intend to expand the evidence of validity of the instrument and provide normative data for the Brazilian population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The preliminaries psychometric properties of the Brief Neuropsycholinguistic Assessment Instrument [NEUPSILIN-L] were analyzed in patients with and without expressive aphasia. This study included 94 adults: 11 with brain damage in the right hemisphere (RHD), 38 with brain damage in the left hemisphere (LHD) and 45 neurologically healthy. The group with LHD presented lower scores than the other groups, mainly in the language tasks, as well as the sample with aphasia. Clinical groups performed better on the NEUPSILIN-L in tasks with motor response options, in relation to oral responses. The NEUPSILIN-L items had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.931 and McDonald omega of 0.950. The results of the groups in the NEUPSILIN-L showed that the instrument presents evidence of validity based on the relationship with criteria and high internal consistency. Future studies intend to expand the evidence of validity of the instrument and provide normative data for the Brazilian population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evidence for construct validity of the Visual Retention Test of Benton (BVRT) in patients after stroke was investigated. Participants were 42 adults and elderly, 21 with stroke (11 with Left Hemisphere Injury - LHE, 10 with Right Hemisphere Injury - LHD), and 21 neurologically healthy controls, paired to patients by sex, age and years of study. BVRT and tasks of visual perception, working memory, visual memory and constructive praxis were applied. The clinical groups (LHE and LHD) presented inferior performance in the Administration C (Copy) of the BVRT. In the case series analysis, three cases with LHD and three cases with LHE demonstrated dissociations between Administration A (Memory) and Administration C (Copy) of the test. The results showed that some post-stroke patients, even in the chronic phase, may present visuoconstructive skills deficits and lighter visual memory deficits. Therefore, evidence of validity for BVRT was found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]