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The study aims to clarify the relationship between brain damage and changes in spatial orientation, exploring potential syndromes.

January 1, 1963Brain

Correlates of Impaired Orientation in Personal and Extrapersonal Space

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Research explores brain damage impacts on spatial orientation, suggesting multiple disturbances may exist.

The study aims to clarify the relationship between brain damage and changes in spatial orientation, exploring potential syndromes.
Analyzing various disturbances related to spatial orientation following brain lesions.
Examining the distinctions among topographical disorientation, constructional apraxia, and other associated syndromes.
Considering the anatomical basis of functions linked to personal and extrapersonal spatial awareness.
Identified distinct forms of disorientation that may be linked to specific brain lesion locations.
Highlighted the possibility of multiple independent disturbances versus a single underlying defect in spatial organization.
Proposed that orientation abilities may be selectively vulnerable to damage in various brain regions.

Semmes et al. (1963) studied this question.

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