Chapter 7 Attention

Question 1

What is neglect syndrome?

Answer 1

Is when a person with (usually) a right hemisphere lesion is unable to identify an object or objects in their left visual field when there is existing objects in both visual fields. They are able to identify objects I each visual field separately

Question 2

What is Balint’s syndrome?

Answer 2

A severe disturbance of visual attention where only one object is perceived at any one time caused by bilateral damage to regions of the posterior parietal and occipital cortex