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The human cortical visual system is organized into two major pathways: a dorsal stream projecting to the superior parietal lobe (SPL), considered to be critical for visuospatial perception or on-line control of visually guided movements, and a ventral stream leading to the inferotemporal cortex, mediating object perception [1–3]. Between these structures lies a large region, consisting of the inferior parietal lobe (IPL) and superior temporal gyrus (STG), the function of which is controversial. Lesions here can lead to spatial neglect [4, 5], a condition associated with abnormal visuospatial perception [6, 7] as well as impaired visually guided movements [8, 9], suggesting that the IPL+STG may have largely a "dorsal" role. Here, we use a nonspatial task [10] to examine the deployment of visuotemporal attention in focal lesion patients, with or without spatial neglect. We show that, regardless of the presence of neglect, damage …