Deficits of Motor Intention following Parietal Lesions

Patients with lesions to the right parietal lobe were tested on their ability to reach to targets, or to respond verbally to targets. The targets occurred at the same two spatial locations -- to the left and right of the patient—with the task being cued by the color of the target. Patients were able...

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Main Authors: Christopher L. Gore, P. Dennis Rodriguez, Gordon C. Baylis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2002-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/310138
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description Patients with lesions to the right parietal lobe were tested on their ability to reach to targets, or to respond verbally to targets. The targets occurred at the same two spatial locations -- to the left and right of the patient—with the task being cued by the color of the target. Patients were able to perform both tasks separately rapidly and without error. However, when the two tasks were interleaved, they had difficulty making a response in the left (contralesional) field when this was different to a response that they had just made. These results suggest that lesions to the parietal cortex may cause a deficit in the coding for motor intention, as well as attention in the contralesional field.
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spelling doaj-art-da2835e8070147b0a63af2cfff08594c2025-02-03T05:47:28ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842002-01-01131-2293710.1155/2002/310138Deficits of Motor Intention following Parietal LesionsChristopher L. Gore0P. Dennis Rodriguez1Gordon C. Baylis2University of South Carolina, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USAUniversity of South Carolina, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USAUniversity of South Carolina, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USAPatients with lesions to the right parietal lobe were tested on their ability to reach to targets, or to respond verbally to targets. The targets occurred at the same two spatial locations -- to the left and right of the patient—with the task being cued by the color of the target. Patients were able to perform both tasks separately rapidly and without error. However, when the two tasks were interleaved, they had difficulty making a response in the left (contralesional) field when this was different to a response that they had just made. These results suggest that lesions to the parietal cortex may cause a deficit in the coding for motor intention, as well as attention in the contralesional field.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/310138
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