Line bisection and cerebellar damage

Roberta Daini, Saskia Arduino, Donatella Menza, Giuseppe Vallar, Maria Caterina Silveri

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Abstract

Background: The cerebellum plays a role in higher-order cognitive processes, although the evidence concerning spatial cognition is not definite. Objective: To investigate the role of the cerebellum in setting the midpoint of a horizontal line and to assess the role of visual monitoring of the movement of the upper limb. Methods: Twelve patients, 6 with left-sided and 6 with rightsided cerebellar damage, and 12 control participants, marked the midpoint of horizontal lines with their left or right hand, under conditions of present versus absent visual control of the movement of the upper limb. Results: When visual feedback was available, the patients’ accuracy was comparable to that of control participants with a minor leftward bias. Without visual feedback, controls and right-sided cerebellar patients exhibited a rightward bias. Conversely, left-sided cerebellar patients still showed a leftward bias. Conclusions: The leftward bias may be related to the visual monitoring of the movement of the upper limb, being reversed when this is not available. Under these conditions, kinesthetic information becomes more relevant, and may contribute to the rightward bias. This effect is not shown by left cerebellar patients, possibly due to the disconnection between the left cerebellum and the right hemisphere, involved in spatial cognition. Key Words: cerebellum, line bisection, visual control, spatial cognition, spatial neglect
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)214-220
Numero di pagine7
RivistaCognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Volume2008
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2008

Keywords

  • CEREBELLUM
  • LINE BISECTION
  • SPATIAL COGNITION
  • SPATIAL NEGLECT
  • VISUAL CONTROL

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