A lateral deviation of the walking trajectory is often observed in stroke patients with unilateral spatial neglect. However, existing research appears to be contradictory regarding the direction of this deviation. The aim of the present study was to gain more insight into the walking trajectory of neglect patients. Twelve right hemisphere stroke patients (six neglect, six no neglect), eight lef...

OBJECTIVE To explore long-term effects on unilateral spatial neglect of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the unaffected posterior parietal cortex. DESIGN Uncontrolled pilot study. SUBJECTS Two chronic-phase patients with left-sided unilateral spatial neglect from cerebral infarction. METHODS Six rTMS sessions were undertaken for 2 weeks. Each session ...

Perseveration in target cancellation tasks and in drawing by copy and from memory was investigated in 21 right-brain-damaged patients, seven with no evidence of left visuo-spatial neglect, and 14 with neglect. Eight such neglect patients showed perseveration in both cancellation and drawing tasks, although no correlation was found with the severity of neglect. Patients with perseveration were n...

Hemineglect (synonymous: unilateral spatial neglect) denotes the impaired or lost ability to react to or process sensory stimuli (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, imaginal) presented in the hemispace contralateral to a lesioned cerebral hemisphere or to act upon such stimuli motorically (motor neglect). Despite recovery of the most obvious signs of hemineglect in the first 2–3 months after...