Pure imagery hemi-neglect of far space

Neurology. 2003 Jun 24;60(12):2000-2. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000068028.63291.b6.

Abstract

Patients with hemispatial neglect restricted to near (within reaching distance) or to far space (beyond reaching distance) have been described. This constitutes a double-dissociation considered by current neurocognitive thinking as compelling evidence for separate networks. However, a similar double-dissociation exists with respect to perceived as opposed to imagined space. If the organization of represented space was similar to that of perceived space, it should contain a far/near dissociation as well. This paper describes a patient with pure representational neglect restricted to far space.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imagination / physiology*
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Occipital Lobe / physiopathology
  • Perceptual Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Perceptual Disorders / psychology
  • Space Perception / physiology
  • Temporal Lobe / physiopathology