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Review
. 2009 Nov;9(6):459-65.
doi: 10.1007/s11910-009-0068-8.

Recent advances in the understanding of neglect and anosognosia following right hemisphere stroke

Kathleen Kortte  1 , Argye E Hillis
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Review

Recent advances in the understanding of neglect and anosognosia following right hemisphere stroke

Kathleen Kortte et al. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

This article highlights the latest findings regarding the cognitive-behavioral syndromes of neglect and anosognosia for hemiplegia that occur following right hemisphere stroke. We review papers published in the past 2 years pertaining to neurophysiology, assessment, and intervention for these two syndromes.

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Disclosure: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

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Figure 1
Egocentric and allocentric neglect. A, Schematic representation of egocentric neglect (left), in which the patient neglects the leftmost side of the view (the left teapot), and allocentric neglect (right), in which the patient neglects the left side of each teapot in the picture (the spout of the left teapot and the handle of the right one). B, Copy of the same scene by a patient with egocentric neglect (left) and a patient with allocentric neglect (right).
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