title: Visuospatial judgment and right hemisphere disease.
abstract: The performances of patients with stroke-produced unilateral hemispheric lesions on a test requiring the identification of lines were examined in the light of a recent report that contradicted previous observations. The study confirmed the results of earlier studies that patients with lesions of the right hemisphere show a remarkably high frequency of defective performances while those with lesions of the left hemisphere do not. Possible reasons for findings that deviate from this rule are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin Medical School.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamsher
authors.forename: D X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Capruso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benton
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*