Neglect syndrome
Illustration of drawings that might be made by a person who has neglect syndrome caused by severe damage in his or her right posterior parietal cortex compared with the actual drawing the patient was requested to copy. Note that the person’s ability to copy the left side of the drawings is severely impaired. The diagrams shows the way in which a person with a lesion in the right posterior parietal cortex might try to copy drawings. In these cases, the patient’s ability to copy the left side of the drawings is severely impaired. Also, such a person will always try to avoid using his or her left arm, left hand, or other portions of his or her left body for the performance of tasks, or even wash this side of the body (personal neglect syndrome), almost not knowing that these parts of his or her body exist.