The contribution of an avoidance response to contralateral neglect.
Displacement of line bisection to the right of midline in a patient with a right hemisphere lesion has been attributed to either contralesional attentional or intentional hemispatial neglect. However, it has been suggested that patients with hemispheric lesions might also have an avoidance response, and the ipsilesional eye and hand deviation attributed to neglect might, at least in part, be related to this response. The authors report a patient with a net contralateral neglect produced by the combination of intention and avoidance factors.
Kodsi
Matthew H
MH
Brain Institute, Department of Neurology, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, PO Box 100236, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. mkodsi@ufl.edu
Heilman
Kenneth M
KM
D000368:Aged; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*