Abstract
Contradictory interpretations of left unilateral neglect suggest that it reflects either decreased attention toward the left or increased attention toward the right. According to the right-hyperattention postulate, increasing severity of neglect should result from an increasingly stronger bias toward the right. Thus, response times to right-sided targets should become progressively faster as neglect increases in severity across patients. The left-hypoattention postulate predicts that as neglect increases, progressively less-attentional resources are deployed in both hemispaces. Thus, response times to right targets should progressively increase with increasing neglect.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 2023-2027 |
Numero di pagine | 5 |
Rivista | Neurology |
Volume | 53 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 1999 |
Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |
Keywords
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Attention
- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Dominance, Cerebral
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Orientation
- Perceptual Disorders
- Psychomotor Performance
- Reaction Time