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Neglect in children
Author(s) -
Ferro José M.,
Martins Isabel Pavão,
Távora Luis
Publication year - 1984
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.410150314
Subject(s) - neglect , psychology , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medical emergency
Three children developed neglect following right‐hemispheric lesions. In the first, computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a striatoinsular infarction. In the second, CT revealed a large meningioma compressing the right hemisphere, and in the third, CT revealed two intracerbrall hemorrhages in the posterior parietal and ocupital lobes. Neglect in these children produced a clinical picture comparable to that occurring in adults, but there was a rapid and complete recovery. The paucity of reports of neglect in children may be a function of the rapid recovery, the phenomenon being missed if not looked for in the acute atage. We conclude that, at least for children aged aged 6 years or more, the right hemisphere is dominant for directed selective attention.