Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 161-166 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Neuropsychologia |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1988 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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Massironi, M., Antonucci, G., Pizzamiglio, L., Vitale, M. V., & Zoccolotti, P. (1988). The Wundt-Jastrow illusion in the study of spatial hemi-inattention. Neuropsychologia, 26(1), 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/0028-3932(88)90039-5