An Investigation of Hemispatial Neglect Using the Landmark Task

• Published in: Brain and cognition Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 59 - 78
• Main Authors: Harvey, M., Milner, A.D., Roberts, R.C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.02.1995; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Attention; Brain Damage, Chronic - diagnosis; Brain Damage, Chronic - psychology; Brain Mapping; Cerebrovascular Disorders - diagnosis; Cerebrovascular Disorders - psychology; Dominance, Cerebral; Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge; Female; Functional Laterality; Hemianopsia - diagnosis; Hemianopsia - psychology; Hemiplegia - diagnosis; Hemiplegia - psychology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Orientation; Philosophy; Psychomotor Performance; Reference Values; Line; Perception; Neuropsychology; Vision; Middle

The ′Landmark Task" is designed to tease apart two major factors in determining line bisection errors in spatial neglect: one whose general nature is perceptual, the other whose nature is motor. On critical test trials, the subject is required to point to whichever end of a mid-transected line...