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Buccofacial apraxia without aphasia due to a right parietal lesion
Author(s) -
Kramer Joel H.,
Delis Dean C.,
Nakada Tsutomu
Publication year - 1985
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.410180416
Subject(s) - apraxia , aphasia , right hemisphere , right handed , psychology , lesion , audiology , lateralization of brain function , cognitive psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , psychiatry , physics , nuclear physics , neutrino
Buccofaciai praxis in right‐handers is thought to be mediated by the left hemisphere. We present the case of a right‐handed man without family history of sinistrality who exhibited a buccofacial apraxia following a unilateral right parietal infarction. Other findings such as intact language, visuospatial impairment, and hemi‐inattention are more characteristic of right posterior lesions.