Unawareness of disease following lesions of the right hemisphere: anosognosia for hemiplegia and anosognosia for hemianopia.

نویسندگان

  • E Bisiach
  • G Vallar
  • D Perani
  • C Papagno
  • A Berti
چکیده

Unawareness of motor and visual-field defects was investigated in 97 right brain-damaged subjects. Both kinds of anosognosia were found to be double-dissociated from more elementary neurological disorders and from personal and extra-personal neglect. The relationships between anosognosia and unilateral neglect are discussed and allusion is made to the implications concerning the neurological organization of higher control functions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neuropsychologia

دوره 24 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1986