title: WAIS-III VIQ-PIQ and VCI-POI discrepancies in lateralized cerebral damage.
abstract: We evaluated Verbal IQ (VIQ)-Performance IQ (PIQ) and Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI)-Perceptual Organization Index (POI) discrepancies among 16 patients with right-sided and 20 with left-sided cerebral lesions. Means for age and education among left hemisphere-damaged patients were 46.25 years (SD = 17.42) and 12.17 years (SD = 2.87). Means and standard deviations for age and education were 47.86 years (SD = 16.83) and 12.27 years (SD = 2.46) for those with right-sided damage. Left hemisphere lesions produced nonsignificant VIQ < PIQ and VCI < POI means, whereas right hemisphere damage resulted in significant VIQ > PIQ and VCI > POI mean discrepancies. Additional analyses indicated that neither discrepancy score was effective in identifying lateralized brain damage.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA. ryan@cmsu.edu
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Jared M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: Jeri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Cluff
authors.forename: Samuel T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Gontkovsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D004493:Education; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014888:Wechsler Scales