R-Parietal Lobe Damage

Question 1

Anosognosia

Answer 1

lack of awareness of deficits, denial of illness

In some cases, if you attempt to prove it, they even deny that

Question 2

Hemispatial Neglect

Answer 2

problem with spatial exploration and selective attention. Failure to respond to stimuli on the side of the body opposite of the brain injury (p. 399 writing sample)
They don’t perceive or attend to things in the left visual field
Things tend to happen on the right side of things

Question 3

topographical disability

Answer 3

confusion about location, even in familiar places. Trouble following familiar routes, reading maps, or giving directions.
Can have both this and geographical disorientation

Question 4

geographical disorientation

Answer 4

confusion about location in the world, may understand general surroundings.
They may understand that they are at the mall, but they think they are at the mall in Minnesota
Can have both this and topographical disability
Things can be confabulatory

Question 5

constructional impairments

Answer 5

problems organizing complex actions in space (drawing or building)
Ask the client to draw something and see if they have difficulty putting something together