title: Picturing the body in spatial neglect: descending a staircase.
abstract: Spatial neglect-a syndrome in which there is asymmetric perception, orienting, or response associated with functional disability(1)-has a potentially devastating effect on self-care and safety after stroke. Still, it frequently goes unrecognized.(2) How is this possible? A tremendously disabling disorder should be easy to detect. In this issue of Neurology(®), Rousseaux et al.(3) present a study that may give us an inkling of the problem: we may be assessing the eyes, but not the body.
authors.affiliation: From Stroke Rehabilitation Research, Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D020521:Stroke