It was developed by second attempt

Golden and systematization of the

collaborators methodology
by means of the basically
test classification Luria's qualitative
of Luria through after what
an approach of Christensen will perform
clinical evaluation. the
constituting a first attempt (1987).

This attempt to standardize Luria testing procedures

should not be considered a substitute for Luria
neuropsychological research or Luria methodology
(Matarazzo, 1976).
CATEGORY: Neuropsychological test

OBJECTIVE: Identify patients with neurological impairment.

APPLICATION: Individual.

AGE: From 15 years old onwards.

TIME: Between 90 to 150 minutes.

MATERIAL: Application and scales manual, application booklet, correction

templates and scales, test materials.

SCOPE: Neuropsychological, clinical, educational and research.

The BNL-N consists of 269 items, distributed in 11
scales and 14 scores.
 SCALES
1. MOTOR FUNCTIONS:

Evaluates simple motor movements with the hands, mouth and tongue;
also simple coordination skills, optical spatial organization, complex
sequence of behavior and drawing ability .

2. ACOUSTIC-MOTOR FUNCTIONS:

Assesses the ability to differentiate between different tones and rhythms

of sound
 SCALES
3. Cutaneous and Kinesthetic Functions:

Complex tasks of cutaneous, muscular, articulatory sensations and

stereognosis.

4. Visual Features:

Evaluates visual-spatial perception through the identification of objects

and drawings; It also evaluates special direction and guidance and
intellectual operations in space.
 SCALES
5. RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE:

It evaluates discrimination and reproduction of basic speech sounds,

identification of familiar objects in a series of drawings, and
understanding of logical grammatical structures.

6. EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE:

Evaluates articulation of speech sounds, varying words and sentences in

length and complexity. Name, classify and generate narrative
descriptions of objects.
 SCALES
7. READING

Evaluates the ability to analyze and synthesize, read sounds, words,

phrases and paragraphs.

8. WRITING:

Requires the patient to write letters and words either dictated or copied.
 SCALES
9. ARITHMETIC SKILLS:

Evaluates the identification of Arabic and Roman numbers, identification

of the meaning of the position of the digits, comparison of numerical
quantities, addition, subtraction and multiplication.

10. AMNESIC PROCESSES:

It evaluates the ability to retain and recover visual, acoustic, kinesthetic

and verbal material; learning and logical memory processes are also
evaluated.
 SCALES
11. INTELLECTUAL PROCESSES:

Evaluates the interpretation of pictorial and verbal themes, concept

formation, classification of objects, understanding of analogies and
complex arithmetic relationships, and logical reasoning ability
The Battery is aimed at locating
undamaged and altered functional
systems, and understands that to the
extent that a part of the functional
system is damaged, an alteration in
performance occurs, which will be
reflected in the reagents or indicators of
the assessment scales. the
Battery.