Spatial thinking disturbances: on a simple task in brain damaged patients

Grossi, D.; Orsini, A.; Modafferi, A.; Di Gaetano, S.R.; Bonito, V.; Grossi, D; Orsini, A; Modafferi, A; Di Gaetano, S.R; Bonito, V

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Spatial thinking disturbances: on a simple task in brain damaged patients

Grossi, D.; Orsini, A.; Modafferi, A.; Di Gaetano, S.R.; Bonito, V.

Acta Neurologica 6(6): 451-454

1984

ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6276

PMID: 6524469

Document Number: 233400

The role of right hemisphere in spatial thinking is investigated with an overlapping pattern recognition task in focal brain damaged patients. Data suggest that the right hemisphere perceives mental representations as units in which the most important information is the general relationship among parts.