Capitani E, Della Sala S, Marchetti C
Third Neurological Department, the University, Milano, S. Paolo Hospital, Italy.
Schweiz Arch Neurol Psychiatr (1985). 1994;145(1):11-3.
Twenty-nine patients affected by motor neuron disease (MND) were investigated with the Raven Progressive Matrices, a test of logical non verbal intelligence, requiring neither motor nor verbal skills. The score distribution of the MND patients did not differ from that of 321 controls. Eleven of these patients were retested after a mean interval of 8.5 months. The resulting differences in the test scores showed that their intellectual performance had not worsened over time. Even allowing for the limitations posed by the use of a single test, these data add to the evidence against systematic cognitive involvement in MND.
对29例运动神经元病（MND）患者进行了瑞文渐进性矩阵测验，这是一种逻辑非语言智力测试，既不需要运动技能也不需要语言技能。MND患者的得分分布与321名对照者无异。其中11名患者在平均8.5个月的间隔后进行了重新测试。测试分数的最终差异表明，他们的智力表现并未随时间恶化。即使考虑到使用单一测试所带来的局限性，这些数据也进一步证明了MND不存在系统性认知损害。
