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Nonsensory neglect
Author(s) -
Watson Robert T.,
Miller Bayard D.,
Heilman Kenneth M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410030609
Subject(s) - neglect , stimulus (psychology) , stimulation , psychology , neuroscience , sensory system , sensory stimulation therapy , reticular formation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , medicine , cognitive psychology , psychiatry
Five monkeys trained to perform with the extremity contralateral to a stimulus had unilateral neglect induced by frontal and reticular formation lesions. Postoperatively the performance of the animals was abnormal only on ipsilateral stimulation, which suggests that the mechanism underlying neglect in these subjects is not deafferentation or sensory inattention but a defect of intention.