Subtypes of Spatial Neglect and Assessment.

Author: Woo Kyoung YOO ¹
Author Information

1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea. wooky@hallym.ac.kr
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: spatial neglect; assessment
From:Brain & Neurorehabilitation 2009;2(1):46-50
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Spatial neglect is a cluster of symptoms characterized by a failure to orient, or react to stimuli located predominantly on the contralesional side. This could be subdivided into personal, peripersonal and extrapersonal neglect in terms of spatial frame of reference. In the perceptual point of view, one can classify into further perceptual and representational neglect. In this review, subtypes of spatial neglect were conceptualized by spatial frame of reference and perception in relationship with their neuroanatomical correlates. Furthermore, its assessment was discussed according to those subtypes.