A schema for examining praxis
| Pantomiming | Show me how you would… |
| Brush your teeth | |
| Comb your hair | |
| Hammer a nail | |
| Use a pair of scissors | |
| Meaningful hand gestures | Show me how you would… |
| Salute | |
| Hitch a lift | |
| Wave goodbye | |
| Beckon ‘come here’ | |
| Buccofacial apraxia | Lick your lips |
| Cough | |
| Show me how you would… | |
| Blow out a match | |
| Drink through a straw | |
| Meaningless hand gestures | Ask the patient to copy several meaningless hand gestures, such as those in figure 1 |
| Luria's three-step task | ‘Watch my hand movements—fist, side, palm, fist, side, palm. Now do the same’. |
Adapted from Greene.12