The right hemisphere is independent from the left hemisphere in allocating visuospatial attention

Right hemisphere control of visuospatial attention in near space.

Traditionally, the right cerebral hemisphere has been considered to be specialized for spatial attention and orienting. A large body of research has demonstrated dissociable representations of the near space immediately surrounding the body and the more distance far space. In this study, we investigated whether right hemisphere activations commonly reported for tasks involving spatial attention...

Visuospatial processing and the right-hemisphere interpreter.

Popular views of hemispheric asymmetry hold that the left hemisphere is specialized for linguistic and cognitive processes and fine motor control, whereas the right is specialized for visuospatial processing. Although this dichotomy contains more than a grain of truth, it is an oversimplification. Experiments with split-brain patients have demonstrated that the left hemisphere retains relativel...

Visuospatial deficits after right hemisphere stroke.

The influence of visuospatial deficits on functional status after right hemisphere stroke was investigated in 34 patients. Correlation coefficients between visuospatial deficits and other factors--age, sex, vocabulary, educational level, hemiparesis, hemianopia, left-sided extinction, length of stay on a rehabilitation unit, and time lapse between onset of stroke and admission to the rehabilita...

RUNNING HEAD: Attention in Near Space Right Hemisphere Control of Visuospatial Attention in Near Space

Right hemisphere contributions to attention and intention.