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Your Patient Has Had a Stroke Involving the Left Parietal

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Your patient has had a stroke involving the left parietal cortex, particularly areas 1, 2, and 3 and the adjacent cortex (parts of PE and PF). What is your expectation regarding possible sensory and perceptual defects, and how would you test for this?


Definitions:

Responding

The act of offering a response or reaction to a given stimulus or situation.

Electric Shock

The physical reaction or injury caused by electric current passing through the body.

Responding

The act of reacting to stimuli or situations in the environment.

Electric Shock

A sudden discharge of electricity through a part of the body, often used as an aversive stimulus in conditioning studies.

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