Biomedical subjects

R Posluszny

Publications and source records attributed to R Posluszny.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1981

Dichaptic task performance as a function of ability pattern, sex, and hand preference.

It was hypothesized that, since verbal and spatial ability seem to be lateralized (left for verbal, right for spatial), in any dichaptic task individuals with high spatial ability will do best with their left hands and those with high verbal ability best with their right hands. Conversely, scores with high spatial ability should make more errors with their right hands and highly verbal people more errors with their left hands. Some evidence was found to support these hypotheses for males, but for females the relationships seemed more complex. Possible explanations and implications of the findings are discussed.

Child↗

PubMed1980

An occupational therapy program with the chronic care patient.

The following is an example of what the occupational therapists at the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal have done to accommodate the changing psychiatric population at the hospital. Over the past few years it seemed that certain of our programmes, being too high level, were no longer suitable for the more chronic type patient, being admitted. Thus, a re-examination of attitudes towards treatment was necessary as was the establishment of programmes with a different orientation. In doing this, the focus changed from former techniques such as projective art to a concentration on more reality oriented programmes for this group. The two programmes described are examples of this.

Day Care, Medical↗