Analytic and global strategies in copying designs by unilaterally brain-damaged patients.
Different strategies in copying designs were investigated in unilaterally brain-damaged patients. Site of lesions (right or left) and presence or absence of aphasia, seen as a planning disorder, were taken in consideration. Aphasic patients proved to be more inclined to use an analytic strategy rather than a global one, differing from both other brain-damaged patients and normals. A comparison between patients with right and left brain lesion failed to yield a significant difference.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology