title: Effect of head-centered and body-centered hemispace in unilateral neglect.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of head-centered and body-centered hemispace on a line bisection task in patients with left unilateral neglect. Five patients with left unilateral neglect were given a line bisection task under four different conditions. The results clearly demonstrate that both head-centered and body-centered hemispace had a statistically significant effect on the line bisection task. The results are discussed with respect to a reference frame of space and the validity of dividing unilateral neglect into two components (i.e., spatial neglect and object neglect) is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neuropsychology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fukatsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamadori
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000523:psychology*; D019416:Head Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis