RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The dissociation of visuospatial neglect and neglect dyslexia.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1110
OP 1116
DO 10.1136/jnnp.50.9.1110
VO 50
IS 9
A1 A D Costello
A1 E K Warrington
YR 1987
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/50/9/1110.abstract
AB A right-handed man with a left hemisphere lesion extending into the right hemisphere, with evidence of both a left-sided neglect dyslexia and right-sided visuospatial neglect is reported. When copying simple geometric designs he omitted to copy figures on the right-hand side of the page, when bisecting lines he tended to bisect the line to the left of the line's actual centre. He had a neglect dyslexia which was characterised by paralexic errors affecting the beginning (that is, left) of words. The occurrence of these two phenomena provides evidence of a dissociation of these forms of neglect. The findings are discussed in relation to the possible mechanisms of unilateral neglect.