Visual and motor neglect: Clinical and neurocognitive aspects

Attention allows us to prioritize the processing of external information according our goals, but also cope with sudden, unforeseen events. processes rely on coordinated activity large-scale brain networks. At cortical level, these systems are mainly organized in fronto-parietal networks, functional and anatomical asymmetries favor right hemisphere. Dysfunction right-lateralized networks often produce severe deficit spatial attention, such as visual neglect. Other brain-damaged patients avoid moving limbs contralateral their lesion, even absence sensorimotor deficits (motor neglect). This paper first summarizes past current evidence attention; then, it presents clinical experimental findings motor neglect, possible mechanisms recovery.