evelyn idusuyi wrote:
>> i was wondering if the neur-sci could help me with "why
> people who has right hemisphere stroke produce different
> deficits" meaning why a lesion on the right hemisphere of
> the brain could result in non verbal material, impairment
> in face recognition and most of all shows left hemianopia
> (loss of visuo-spatial neglect...
it's probably because it's the right half of the brain that
is responsible for those functions. A stroke in the right
hemisphere will damage portions of the right hemisphere.
depending where the damage is, there will be different
effects.
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