The Primary Functional Problem That Results from Posterior Parietal Injury

question 62

Multiple Choice

The primary functional problem that results from posterior parietal injury and that produces the neglect syndrome is that patients

• A)fail to process sensory information from the ipsilesional side of space.
• B)fail to process sensory information from the contralesional side of space.
• C)cannot disengage attention from information in the ipsilesional side of space.
• D)cannot disengage attention from information in the contralesional side of space.

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