Apparent right neglect in patients with left visual neglect.
Two patients with unilateral left visual neglect were asked to bisect lines of different lengths. They showed, as expected, a rightward bias with longer lines. In contrast, they consistently transected very short lines (25 mm) to the left of the objective midpoint. The finding confirms a previous observation of similar behaviour but differs in other aspects that are of theoretical importance.
Tegnér
R
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Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm.
Levander
M
M
Caneman
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001288:Attention; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014796:Visual Perception