LEFT VISUOSPATIAL NEGLECT - A MEANINGLESS ENTITY

被引:167
作者
HALLIGAN, PW [1 ]
MARSHALL, JC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD,RADCLIFFE INFIRM,DEPT CLIN NEUROL,NEUROPSYCHOL UNIT,WOODSTOCK RD,OXFORD OX2 6HE,ENGLAND
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1016/S0010-9452(13)80225-0
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Six patients with unilateral right hemisphere damage are reported. Each patient performed two tasks that are traditionally regarded as diagnostic for left (peripersonal) visuo-spatial neglect: target cancellation and horizontal line bisection. Two patients were unimpaired on both tasks, and two were impaired on both. The two remaining patients showed a classic (and reliable) double-dissociation between the tasks. One of the patients who scored within normal limits on both cancellation and bisection showed left sided omissions on representational drawing. We argue that these results question the validity of any unitary concept of unilateral visuo-spatial neglect in peripersonal space.
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页数:11
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