Laterality of motor response in visuo-spatial neglect: a case study

Neuropsychologia. 1989;27(10):1301-7. doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(89)90042-0.

Abstract

We report a case of severe visuo-spatial neglect consequent upon right hemisphere stroke. At time of testing, the patient had a left visual field deficit and a very mild left hemiparesis. Star cancellation and line bisection performed with the right hand revealed profound left neglect; tested with the left hand, performance was only slightly impaired. The results are compatible with recent accounts of differential hemispheric activation provoked by lateralized pre-motor programming.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Attention / physiology*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / physiopathology*
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology*
  • Functional Laterality / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Occipital Lobe / physiology*
  • Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Fields / physiology