Showing papers by "Anna Berti published in 1987"

Dyschiria. An Attempt at its Systemic Explanation

Abstract: It is argued, in this chapter, that unilateral neglect is still in need of a systemic explanation. The working hypothesis is then suggested that unilateral neglect has remained conceptually isolated within a syndrome of which it may constitute the most common, but not the exclusive nor even the necessary component. A theoretical neural model of an analog subserving both sensory and mental representation in the visuo-spatial domain is outlined. Depending on relatively minor changes in its location within the same functional unit, a circumscribed failure of the analog may involve neglect or misrepresentation of one side of space, thus lending theoretical support to our working hypothesis. The term dyschiria is proposed for the syndrome of hemispatial neglect-misrepresentation as a late tribute to H. Zingerle, who many years ago, in one of his papers which was a forerunner of this subject, employed this term.