%0 Journal Article %T Test Gest¨˘ltico Bender Modificado y Vmi-4: Comparaci¨®n de la Validez Incremental %A Merino %A C¨¦sar %J Psicoperspectivas %D 2013 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.5027/psicoperspectivas-Vol12-Issue1-fulltext-201 %X the incremental validity of two metrics of the visual-motor function were tested against a metric of the non-verbal intellectual ability. this aspect has not been tested frequently in research about these constructs. the modified bender gestalt test (bgt-m) was used against the fourth generation of the visual-motor integration test (vmi-4) and the dap:iq test in 154, 4-8 year old students of two public schools. we used multiple hierarchical regression in the visual-motor metric over the intellectual ability test scores, controlling for age. results show that, compared with vmi-4, the visual-motor metric with the bgt-m contains more specific variance, beyond that explained by age, while variance in the visual-motor metric was explained by both metrics alike. the implications of these results for psychological evaluations are discussed. %K psychometrics %K visual-motor %K bender gestalt test %K dap:iq %K vmi. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-69242013000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en