PSYC33H3 Chapter Notes -Hemispatial Neglect, Inferior Frontal Gyrus, Temporoparietal Junction
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Rehabilitation in practice- hemispatial neglect: approaches to rehabilitation, by singh-curry. Hemispatial neglect: syndrome caused by unilateral brain injury, especially rh stroke. Its an inability of the pt to orient toward and attend to stimuli. Even their own body parts in contralesional space. They also have anosognosia: unaware of their deficit. The heterogeneity of neglect makes rehab a complex challenge: The syndrome isn"t caused by a disruption in just 1 cog process. Some common tests to assess neglect are: Ex/ they can only circle the ones on the right side of the page. Copying scenes/objects: can only draw the things on the right side of the drawing. Writing/copying from memory: they start writing at the left hand margin but subsequent lines move more rightward. Draw only the right side of the flower. Naming objects in a room: only items on the right side of space are identified.
