ABSTRACT
Many psychologists commonly administer the WechslerAdult Intelligence Scale to patients who have sustained brain-damage to determine whether there has been any change in the patient’s intellectual functioning even though IQ tests were never designed to assess brain-damaged patients and are typically insensitive to their neurobehavioral problems and cognitive deficits. As a consequence, the results from such tests often provide inaccurate and misleading information about the patient’s ability to function in real-world settings. The following case example illustrates this.
