title: Organicity and mental retardation: organic mental syndrome battery.
abstract: Fifteen mentally retarded children were tested and compared to 10 normal school children. They were administered a battery of tests reflecting organic brain disease, consisting of the Face-Hand, Midline Crossing and Independent Eye Movements Tests. Normals performed correctly 98% of the time on the three combined tests, while the mentally retarded scored only 34% correct. There was a significant correlation between IQ and this battery of tests (the 'OMSB'). When the IQ and OMSB were conflicting, a repeat of the former indicated that the IQ value was erroneous. The OMSB may be useful along with IQ testing as a rapid screening method to evaluate the presence of organicity and its severity.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance