Discrimination of schizophrenics with and without nervous system damage using the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological...

The Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery was administered to 40 inpatient schizophrenics (17 nonbrain-damaged and 23 brain-damaged) at a state hospital. Results indicated that 109 individual items as well as all 14 summary scales were significantly different between groups. Findings were reviewed with regard to clinical effectiveness of brain damage detection with the Luria-Nebraska in these populations and to supporting the concept of neuropsychological deficit gradients.