Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in neurobehavior, this concise, well-illustrated book provides normative data on clock drawing from ages 20 to 90 years. A practical guide to the quantitative assessment of clock drawing, it also takes a process-oriented approach to qualitative impairment. The authors discuss clock drawing as a neuropsychological test instrument and the rationale for selecting specific time settings, as well as the basis for using different clock conditions. The book contains numerous examples of clocks drawn by patients with cognitive impairment due to dementia, metabolic encephalopathy, traumatic brain injury, disconnection syndrome and focal brain lesions. Insight into changes in clock drawing ability that may represent the earliest markers of cognitive decline in dementia are also presented. This volume will be of interest to clinicians and researchers in neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, geriatric medicine, language therapy, and occupational therapy.

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Morris Freedman is at University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Rotman Research Institute of the Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care, Toronto. Larry Leach is at the Baycrest Center. Edith Kaplan is at Boston University, Clark University, and the Baycrest Center. Gordon Winocur is at the Rotman Research Institute of the Baycrest Center and Trent University. Kenneth Schulman is at the University of Toronto. Dean C. Delis is at the University of California, San Diego.

"A truly analytical, integrated, and comprehensive guide....The authors have provided us with a concise yet generous overview of the humble clock drawing task in its new, more powerful form."--Canadian Journal on Aging

" The authors have provided us with a concise yet generous overview of the humble clock drawing task in its new, more powerful form." Canadian Journal of Aging (vol.15, no.1, 1996)

"The organization and well-illustrated presentation of this material should make it easy for experienced examiners to incorporate clock drawings into their test repertoire. Descriptions and explanations relating performances to particular disease entities are...well laid out."--Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

"... recommended as a reference book for occupational therapy libraries in neuro and psychiatric settings." Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy (vol.63, no.1, April 1996)