Older adult norms for the Southern California Figure-Ground Visual Perception Test

Older adult norms for men are provided for the Southern California Figure-G round Visual Perception Test (FG; Ayres, 1966), based on the performance of 117 patients from a geriatric medicine and rehabilitation facility ranging in age from 40 to 77 years. Reasons are presented for administering the en tire test rather than using the traditional cutoff. When comparing FG perfo rmance to norms of younger adults (Bieliauskas, Newberry, & Gerstenberger, 1988), results indicate that figure-ground discrimination is poorer in olde r individuals. The norms provided here serve to complement the previous stu dy employing FG, and it is hoped that they will encourage its wider use.