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NEUROLOGY 2004;63:2136-2138
© 2004 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Straight ahead in spatial neglect

Evidence that space is shifted, not rotated

Christelle Richard, PhD, Marc Rousseaux, MD, PhD, Arnaud Saj, PhD and Jacques Honoré, PhD

From the Service de Rééducation Neurologique (Drs. Richard, Rousseaux, and Saj), Hôpital Swynghedauw, CHRU de Lille, EA 2691 (Drs. Richard and Rousseaux), Université Lille 2, and FRE 2726 CNRS (Drs. Saj and Honoré), Université Lille 2, CHRU de Lille, France.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. M. Rousseaux, Service de Rééducation Neurologique, Hôpital Swynghedauw, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille Cedex, France; e-mail: mrousseaux{at}chru-lille.fr

The egocentric reference appears to be altered in neglect patients, as evidenced by an ipsilesional error when pointing straight ahead. In this study, patients with right brain damage used a horizontal rod to show this straight-ahead direction. There was a systematic rightward translation of the rod, and no clockwise rotation occurred in five of six neglect patients. The results suggest a preferential rightward translation of space representation in neglect.

Received April 15, 2004. Accepted in final form July 22, 2004.

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