Abstract

Introduction: Neuropsychological tests have an important role in diagnosis of brain lesions. Purpose of this study was to determine differential diagnosis of patients with brain damage and normal subjects using Benton Visual Retention test in Iranian population. Methods: The research population included patients with brain trauma of Shahid Rajaei Hospital and patients with cerebral vascular accident of Namazi Hospital in Shiraz, Iran. 12 patients were selected by purposive sampling method and compared with 12 normal subjects. The Benton Visual Retention test was used for this comparison. Findings: Analysis of data using independent t-test indicated a significant difference between patients with brain trauma and cerebral vascular accident, and normal subjects. It means that patients with brain trauma and cerebral vascular accident had weaker performance in this test in order to visual perception than normal subjects. The results indicated the weakness of the majority of patients with brain damage and cerebral vascular accident in visual memory compared to normal subjects. Discussion: The results showed that the Benton Visual Retention test can differentiate between brain damage patients and normal subjects in Iranian population.