RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Study of anosognosia. JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 548 OP 555 DO 10.1136/jnnp.41.6.548 VO 41 IS 6 A1 Cutting, J YR 1978 UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/41/6/548.abstract 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.