title: Generating visual mental images: deficit after brain damage.
abstract: This is the first non-retrospective neuropsychological group study using a componential task analysis for the study of imagery. Seventy unilaterally brain damaged patients were tested on a series of tasks with the intent of isolating genuine deficits of the image generation process. The main finding is that the image generation seems to be more frequently disturbed after a left posterior damage. Suggestions are provided for further investigations.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Neurologica III Università di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stangalino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Semenza
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology