Research Article
Perseveration Found in a Human Drawing Task: Six-Fingered Hands Drawn by Patients with Right Anterior Insula and Operculum Damage
Table 1
Characteristics and neuropsychological results for patients in the present study.
| Patient | Gender | Age | MMSE | BIT | Tumour grade | Hemiparalysis | Total score1 | Number of petals2 |
| Six-finger drawing group | MM | F | 37 | — | 140 | 9 | III | + | IM | F | 44 | 30 | 134 | 9 | III | + | MN | F | 43 | 28 | 87 | 9 | III | + | SE | F | 22 | 30 | 145 | 9 | II | − | HK | F | 24 | 27 | 142 | 9 | II | − | ST | F | 39 | 23 | 135 | 12 | II | − | SY | M | 40 | 28 | 143 | 9 | III | − | OH | M | 51 | 29 | 141 | 12 | II | − |
| Five-finger drawing group | MA | F | 32 | 26 | 123 | 9 | III | + | AY | F | 33 | 30 | 146 | 9 | II | − | AMY | F | 26 | 27 | 114 | 8 | IV | − | KH | F | 40 | 28 | 141 | 9 | III | − | HE | F | 55 | 30 | 146 | 9 | II | − | HM | M | 38 | 26 | 143 | 10 | III | + | KM | F | 30 | 28 | 145 | 9 | IV | − |
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Full score for the BIT is 146 and the cut-off score is 131. Nine is the correct number of petals.
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