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. 1986;24(4):471-82.
doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(86)90092-8.

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

E Bisiach, G Vallar, D Perani, C Papagno, A Berti

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

E Bisiach et al. Neuropsychologia. 1986.

Abstract

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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