Performance on Perceptual Tasks by Neurologically Unimpaired Adults Using the Dominant Right Hand

This study presents age and gender specific normative data on timed two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional tasks from the Burke Perceptual Profile (BUPP) used to assess the impact of brain injury on older persons. Neurologically unimpaired persons (n = 321) of 60 and 74 years, and 75 years and over were assessed. Analysis of variance of performance times revealed that persons 75 years and over performed significantly more slowly on all tasks, with the exception of one subtest for visual spatial, block design and figure‐ground, and on the fine motor planning task. Age and gender generally had no influence on error rate, with the exception of older females on a picture sequence task. Clinically, this normative data will facilitate comparison between unimpaired and impaired persons over 60 years on performance of perceptual tasks, and is relevant to clinicians in setting performance expectations for neurologically unimpaired persons 60 years and over. 1993 Occupational Therapy Australia Limite