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Figural Fluency Test

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Design fluency test; RFFT

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The Ruff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT) measures an individual’s ability to produce novel figures utilizing five different dot configurations (Fig. 1). The participant is asked to draw as many figures as possible. Individuals are given an opportunity to practice prior to each part. Analogous to its verbal counterpart, the Controlled Oral Association Test, each trial lasts 1 min.

Figural Fluency Test. Figure 1
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Example of Ruff figural fluency trials

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  1. San Francisco Clinical Neurosciences & University of California San Francisco, San Francisco Clinical Neurosci, 909 Hyde Street, #620, 94109, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Ronald Ruff

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

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    Bruce Caplan

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Ruff, R. (2011). Figural Fluency Test. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_2048

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