Visuoperceptual categorization was investigated in patients with unilateral brain damage by a task in which meaningless shapes had to be classified with reference to a number of prototype patterns. Right brain-damaged subjects with visual field defect turned out to have a narrower categorization span. As this outcome seems to be scarcely consonant with a lower level disorder of visual processing, a major competence of the right hemisphere is suggested for visuoperceptual categorization.
Focal hemisphere damage and visuo-perceptual categorization / E. Bisiach, E. Capitani, H. Spinnler. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 0022-3050. - 38:11(1975), pp. 1115-1120.
Titolo: | Focal hemisphere damage and visuo-perceptual categorization |
Autori: | CAPITANI, ERMINIO GIUSEPPE (Secondo) |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore MED/26 - Neurologia |
Data di pubblicazione: | 1975 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.38.11.1115 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |