Differential disruption of simple drawing movements in patients with unilateral brain lesion.
In examining the ability of patients with unilateral brain lesion to copy simple drawings of a house and a human face, 18 apoplectic patients confirmed by CT scanning were studied. We found that their drawing of a house was inferior to that of a face in 19 tests (90.5%) of 17 patients (94.4%). Marked differences existed in nearly 90% of these tests. No difference was found between the right-hemisphere and left-hemisphere group, except that more patients of the right-hemisphere group showed contralateral neglect, but in the house drawings only.
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Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
Lufei
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Su
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Wang
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D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills