TY - JOUR
T1 - The Wundt-Jastrow illusion in the study of spatial hemi-inattention
AU - Massironi, Manfredo
AU - Antonucci, Gabriella
AU - Pizzamiglio, Luigi
AU - Vitale, Maura Viviana
AU - Zoccolotti, Pierluigi
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - A new test to detect unilateral neglect was devised using a modified version of the Wundt-Jastrow area illusion. The test was given to three groups of subjects: left brain damaged (LBD), right brain damaged (RBD) patients and controls. Of RBD patients, 40.4% but no LBD patient or control, showed responses inconsistent with the visual illusion when the determinant features of the illusion pointed to the left visual field. These unexpected responses were highly related to a clinical evaluation of the severity of the hemi-inattention disorder. The sensitivity of this test and of other standard measures of hemi-neglect were compared. The possibility of identifying qualitatively different forms of hemi-neglect was also discussed.
AB - A new test to detect unilateral neglect was devised using a modified version of the Wundt-Jastrow area illusion. The test was given to three groups of subjects: left brain damaged (LBD), right brain damaged (RBD) patients and controls. Of RBD patients, 40.4% but no LBD patient or control, showed responses inconsistent with the visual illusion when the determinant features of the illusion pointed to the left visual field. These unexpected responses were highly related to a clinical evaluation of the severity of the hemi-inattention disorder. The sensitivity of this test and of other standard measures of hemi-neglect were compared. The possibility of identifying qualitatively different forms of hemi-neglect was also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0028-3932(88)90039-5
DO - 10.1016/0028-3932(88)90039-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 3242500
AN - SCOPUS:0023903391
VL - 26
SP - 161
EP - 166
JO - Neuropsychologia
JF - Neuropsychologia
SN - 0028-3932
IS - 1
ER -