Effects of age, education, and gender on the Rey-osterrieth complex figure

Abstract

The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (copy and immediate recall) was given to 346 normal elderly subjects divided into groups according to three variables: (1) age (56–60, 61–65, 66–70, 71–75, 76 or more years old), (2) educational level (0–5, 6–12, and more than 12 years of schooling), and (3) sex. Taylor's (1959) system was used to score the figures. It was observed that scores varied as a function of all three selection variables, for both the copy and for the immediate reproduction of the figure.