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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, perceptual and visuomotor spatial localization were examined in patients with unilateral right (RH) or left (LH) hemisphere lesions and in a group of control subjects. Perceptual localization was measured with a position-discrimination task; in the visuomotor localization task, subjects had to point to a visual target. Both tasks were investigated in conditions with or without background visibility and with central and peripheral targets. In the visuomotor task, hand visibility was also manipulated. In both tasks, targets were presented in the left and right visual hemifield. The perceptual task revealed impairments for both LH and RH patients in the contra-lateral visual hemifield. RH patients also revealed slightly larger impairments in conditions without a visual background. In the visuomotor task, the LH patients were not impaired, whereas the RH patients were impaired in conditions without hand visibility and/or background visibility. Hence, our data strengthen the idea that spatial localization is not a unitary function and that perceptual and visuomotor localization can be selectively impaired. We suggest that one of the important factors distinguishing between localization impairments in RH and LH patients might be absolute versus relative localization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
134
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
220-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatial localization in patients with unilateral posterior left or right hemisphere lesions.
pubmed:affiliation
Psychological Laboratory, Helmholtz Instituut, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. a.postma@fss.uu.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article