Severity of neglect predicts accuracy of imitation in patients with right hemisphere lesions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2948-2952

  Goldenberg, Georg ^a,b   Münsinger, Udo ^a   Karnath, Hans Otto ^c  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apraxia; Attention; Body parts; Hemisphere dominance; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70249092850     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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