Distance-mediated spatial neglect.

We report on the case of a patient, EC, who showed severe USN in his everyday behavior, yet performed normally on standard tests for USN. Presented with stimuli in separate blocks, he performed flawlessly with 4 cm gaps between blocks, yet ignored all leftward blocks of stimuli when the gap was larger than this. EC's dissociation between good performance on standard tasks and severe neglect with separate groups of stimuli, and the distance-mediated nature of his USN are novel observations with relevant theoretical and clinical implications.
PMID: 23548033 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Neurocase - April 3, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Cubelli R, Della Sala S, Beschin N, McIntosh RD Tags: Neurocase Source Type: research