UNILATERAL SPATIAL NEGLECT AND THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL POWER-LAW IN-LINE BISECTION

Authors
KAVCIC V KENNELLY KJ SOUKUP VM HARRELL EH
Citation
V. Kavcic et al., UNILATERAL SPATIAL NEGLECT AND THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL POWER-LAW IN-LINE BISECTION, Brain and cognition, 32(2), 1996, pp. 331-335
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain and cognition → ACNP
ISSN journal
02782626
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
331 - 335
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-2626(1996)32:2<331:USNATP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A psychophysical power law approach was used to compare the performanc e of 13 right brain-damaged (RBD) neglect patients, 18 RBD patients wi thout neglect and 18 orthopedic patients with no history of CNS disord er. Power function fits were made making use of points of bisection an d the geometric (GMs) of the shorter and longer line segments. In all cases, the functions fit to the GMS provided superior fits (R(2)), par ticularly for the RBD neglect and RBD without neglect patients. The fi ndings are discussed as supporting a scalar approach to such data.