Using the Draw-A-Man Test as a Personal Neglect Test The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of a Draw-A-Man test in measuring personal neglect in patients with a stroke affecting the right side of the brain. The Draw-A-Man test was administered to 51 individuals with a right CVA and 110 age-matched individuals without any brain insult. Individuals who displayed homogeneous bilateral representation of body parts were considered not to have personal neglect and those …
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…for eating, and 0-10 for emergency phone communication. This is a very precise chart since it documents the slightest change in their performance. The conclusion of this overwhelming test is that since the group without personal neglect were rated with having intact body scheme proves that the Draw-A-Man test can discriminate individuals with personal neglect in terms of a drawn man. For visual evidence and more detail of this conclusion, see following pages for charts.