[Psychologic contributions to the early childhood brain damage syndrome].
With a view to the characteristics manifesting in the representation of human forms, and in the capacity of preformation, as well as to their correlations, the authors are analysing the psychological test results obtained with 50 children of 6-14 years, disposing of normal mental capacity but admitted to a hospital ward on account of abnormalities of conduct. Organic encephalic lesions may be assumed to be in the background of these abnormalities. The authors compare these cases with the performance accomplished on the same field by 20 children appearing with the same type of complaints and primarily injured by environmental factors. They point out that there are no organic neurological alterations to be detected in the group of the children suffering from a minimal encephalic lesion and that in most of the cases electroencephalographic test indicates an electric anomaly. As compared with children of a sound nervous system, this group disposes of a peculiar structure of intelligence. In verbal manifestations they offer a performance better than, or as good as, average. As compared with their total intellectual performance, their performing capacity and representation of human forms is rather poor and is ascribable to the inadequacy of visuo-perceptive and visuo-motoric functions. In many cases of the organically injured children there are disadvantageous environmental conditions as manifesting factors.