Developmental process of Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test in childhood,and Consideration of that scale composition

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to verify the ROCFT and to clarify the developmental process. The subjects are 414 elementary school 1st to 6th grade children. ROCFT was administered under three conditions of copying, immediate recall, and delayed recall. The result indicated that the total score of ROCFT increases markedly from 1st to 3rd grade and from 5th to 6th grade and that a reminiscence effect was found in 5th and 6th grades. This study is the first report that recognize the reminiscent effect in meaningless figure memory task. One dimensional structure was confirmed from the result of principal component analysis. The revised ROCFT was valid as a comprehensive index of visual information processing process in childhood.