Disturbed coordinate transformation in the neural representation of space as the crucial mechanism leading to neglect

1 June 1994

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Vol. 4 (2) , 147-150
https://doi.org/10.1080/09602019408402273

Abstract

Karnath (1988) and Gainotti, D'Erme and De Bonis (1989). suggested that the typical and severe neglect symptomology that is seen predominantly after lesions of the right hemisphere, is due to the combined effect of at least two different components: (1) an imbalance of lateral orienting tendencies with spontaneously primary orienting towards the ipsilesional side; together with (2) a deficit in orienting attention (from this primary focus), as well as eye or limb movements, to the contralesional side of the sagittal midplane.

Keywords

This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:

Decrease of contralateral neglect by neck muscle vibration and spatial orientation of trunk midline
Brain, 1993
Coordinate transformations in the representation of spatial information
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 1993
Organization of space perception: neural representation of three-dimensional space in the posterior parietal cortex
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 1992
TRUNK ORIENTATION AS THE DETERMINING FACTOR OF THE ‘CONTRALATERAL’ DEFICIT IN THE NEGLECT SYNDROME AND AS THE PHYSICAL ANCHOR OF THE INTERNAL REPRESENTATION OF BODY ORIENTATION IN SPACE
Brain, 1991
Effect of Optokinetic Stimulation in Patients with Visual Neglect
Cortex, 1990
NECK MUSCLE VIBRATION MODIFIES THE REPRESENTATION OF VISUAL MOTION AND DIRECTION IN MAN
Brain, 1988
SOME PROPRIOCEPTIVE INFLUENCES ON THE PERCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF BODY SHAPE AND ORIENTATION
Brain, 1988
Deficits of attention in acute and recovered visual hemi-neglect
Neuropsychologia, 1988
Remission of hemineglect and anosognosia during vestibular stimulation
Neuropsychologia, 1987
In search for the egocentric reference. A neurophysiological hypothesis
Neuropsychologia, 1984