Pure imagery hemi-neglect of far space.

Ortigue, S; Viaud-Delmon, I; Michel, C M; Blanke, O; Annoni, J M; Pegna, A; Mayer, E; Spinelli, L et al. · Neurology · 2003

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Patients with hemispatial neglect restricted to near (within reaching distance) or to far space (beyond reaching distance) have been described. This constitutes a double-dissociation considered by current neurocognitive thinking as compelling evidence for separate networks. However, a similar double-dissociation exists with respect to perceived as opposed to imagined space. If the organization of represented space was similar to that of perceived space, it should contain a far/near dissociation as well. This paper describes a patient with pure representational neglect restricted to far space.

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