PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J Cutting
TI  - Study of anosognosia.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.41.6.548
DP  - 1978 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 548--555
VI  - 41
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/41/6/548.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/41/6/548.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1978 Jun 01; 41
AB  - Anosognosia (denial of weakness) and "anosognosic phenomena" (other abnormal attitudes to a weak limb) were studied in 100 acute hemiplegics. Both conditions were associated with lesions of either hemisphere. Apathy, visual field defect, and impaired picture identification were particularly prominent in anosognosia. A failure to integrate information from one side of the body was regarded as fundamental to the condition; explanations in terms of "unilateral neglect" and "agnosia" are discussed.