Cocchini, Gianna; Bartolo, Angela and Nichelli, Paolo. 2006. Left ipsilesional neglect for visual imagery: a mental image generation impairment? Neurocase, 12(3), pp. 197-206. ISSN 13554794 [Article]

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In this article, we describe a patient, CN, with unilateral left posterior brain damage, who shows a rare occurrence of left ipsilesional neglect limited to mental representations. CN's clinical pattern is consistent with the hypothesis that different mechanisms underlie perceptual and representational neglect. We also discuss an interpretation of representational neglect based on the different involvement of the two hemispheres in visual imagery processes. In particular, left brain lesions do not present the typical strong contralesional bias and may lead to an impairment of mental generation of either side of the image, depending on pre-morbid and methodological factors.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790600665516
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 1 July 2006 Published
Item ID:	406
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2008 10:36
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2023 10:09
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/406

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