Hemispatial neglect (HSN) is a frequent, conspicuous neurobehavioral accompaniment of
brain injury. Patients with HSN share several superficial similarities, leading earlier clinical …

The last decade has seen great progress in the study of the nature of crossmodal links in
exogenous and endogenous spatial attention (see [Spence, C., McDonald, J., & Driver …

Purpose: Traditionally, post-chiasmatic lesions were believed to result in complete and
permanent visual loss in the topographically related areas of the visual field. However, a …

When marking the subjective midpoint of a horizontal line, patients with left unilateral neglect
typically deviate rightward. Different accounts of this pattern of performance refer either to a …

Prism adaptation has been shown to temporarily ameliorate the symptoms of unilateral
neglect. The underlying mechanisms of change are not yet fully understood. In this study, we …

Publisher Summary This chapter begins with clinical assessment of patients, before
discussing anatomy, possible underlying mechanisms, and treatment options. Hemispatial …

This paper reviews a number of behavioral, neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies
that bear on the question of whether and how visual disorders of peripheral or central origin …

Attention can be directed to spatial locations or to objects in space. Patients with left
unilateral spatial neglect are slow to respond to a left-sided target when it is preceded by a …

Prism adaptation (PA) alleviates some neglect symptoms, however, the mechanisms
underlying these effects are unclear. One brain area that may be important in generating …

Résumé La négligence spatiale unilatérale (NSU) a été définie il y a trente ans par Heilman
et Valenstein (1979) comme «l'impossibilité de décrire verbalement, de répondre et de s' …