UNILATERAL NEGLECT IN ROUTE DESCRIPTION

Authors
BISIACH E BROUCHON M PONCET M RUSCONI ML
Citation
E. Bisiach et al., UNILATERAL NEGLECT IN ROUTE DESCRIPTION, Neuropsychologia, 31(11), 1993, pp. 1255-1262
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences,Psychology
Journal title
Neuropsychologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283932
Volume
31
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1255 - 1262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3932(1993)31:11<1255:UNIRD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Route description was investigated in two patients suffering from left unilateral neglect. Both had evident difficulty with left turns. This finding suggests that the topological correspondence between represen ted environment and representational mechanisms in the brain is not co nfined to frozen (picture-like) perspectives.