When Patients with Right-Hemisphere Strokes Ignore the Left Side of Their

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Multiple Choice

When patients with right-hemisphere strokes ignore the left side of their visual space or refuse to acknowledge their paralyzed left arms,it is termed

• A) aphasia.
• B) amnesia.
• C) spatial neglect.
• D) agnosia.

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Incidence

The rate at which new cases of a disease or condition occur in a specific population over a certain period of time.

Risk Factors

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