Visual neglect and extinction are two common neurological syndromes in patients with right-hemispheric brain damage. Whether and how these two syndromes are associated or share common neural substrates is still a matter of debate.
Cognitive Neurology Section, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Leo-Brandt-Str 5, 52425 Jülich, Germany. s.vossel@fz-juelich.de