A Patient Has Suffered Brain Damage And, as a Result

question 23

Multiple Choice

A patient has suffered brain damage and, as a result, now seems to ignore all information on the left side of her world. If shown words, she reads only the right half of the word; if asked to copy a picture, she copies only the right half. This patient seems to be suffering from:

• A) a hemispherectomy
• B) right hemiblindness
• C) the unilateral neglect syndrome
• D) parietal syndrome

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