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Clock-drawing in a case of left visuo-spatial neglect: a deficit of disengagement?

Author: Di Pellegrino

Abstract

A patient (C.B.) with severe left visuo-spatial neglect and hemianopia after right hemisphere stroke was tested on three conditions of a clock-drawing task. Either on spontaneous drawing or when the number sequence was provided by the experimenter, C.B. drew a clockface with left-sided numbers transposed to the right side of the dial. By contrast, when each number was drawn on a separate dial, its location was correct and there was no transposition. Directional hypokinesia or a representational deficit cannot explain these effects. It is proposed that a deficit in disengaging attention from right-sided visual stimuli plays a critical role in some forms of number transpositions.

Citation Info

  • DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(94)00106-y
  • PubMed ID: 7792001
  • Other Citation: Di Pellegrino (None). Clock-drawing in a case of left visuo-spatial neglect: a deficit of disengagement?
  • Open Access: No
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Associated Symptoms

Symptom Subdomain Domain
attention deficits Executive Function Cognitive Systems
visual field defect Visual Sensory Systems

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