Neuropsychological analysis of disorders in the constructive activity of patients with arteriovenous aneurysms of temporal localization
Moskovichiute, L.I.; Ork, E.G.; Smirnov, N.A.; Umrikhin, A.K.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 78(12): 1794-1798
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 726773 Document Number: 125013
Disturbances of the constructive praxis were studied in 40 patients with arteriovenous aneurysms of the parietal lobes in the right and left hemispheres. Errors made by the patients engaged in tests on turning over figures were subjected to qualitative and quantitative analyses. It was demonstrated that disturbed constructive praxis is underlain by disordered spatial synthesis and defects of image perception. The former factor determines disturbances of constructive activity in lesions of both left and right hemispheres, whereas the latter one determines disturbances of constructive activity in patients with disfunctions of the right parietal lobe. In these patients the disorders are more pronounced and availability of a visual model does not help to compensate the defect.