Effect of parietal lobe damage on the performance of reversible operations in space

Assessment of cognitive development in adolescents by means of neuropsychological tasks

“…Thus, it has been concluded that performance on the WCST depends on frontal lobe functioning. Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 17:22 09 October 2014 Therefore, five tasks that are specifically sensitive to frontal lobe-related cognitive functions based on previous research (Road Map Test of Directional Sense; Butters, Soeldner, & Fedio, 1972;Visual-Verbal Test;Struss & Benson, 1986;Struss et al, 1983;WCST;Drewe, 1974;Milner, 1963;Taylor, 1979;Stroop Neuropsychological Screening Test;Perret, 1974;Wang's Test;Wang, 1987), and six tasks specifically sensitive to parietal lobe-related cognitive functions (visual closure; Luria, 1980; proprioceptive test of arm position; Luria, 1980;graphesthesia;Luria, 1980; stick construction orientation; Benson & Barton, 1970;Butters & Barton, 1970;Butters et al, 1972;logical relational test;Luria, 1980;extrapersonal orientation;Semmes, Weinstein, Ghent, & Teuber, 1963) were used to elucidate the course of cognitive development in relation to the development of the brain.…”

“…The participant was asked to make a figure that looked to him or her as the one looked to the examiner, which required an abstract 180 degree rotation of the figure. A practice figure was completed and discussed before the 10 test items (Butters & Barton, 1970) were presented. The number of figures correctly duplicated was recorded.…”

The right cerebral hemisphere: Emotion, music, visual-spatial skills, body-image, dreams, and awareness

“…Based on studies of brain injured, neurosurgical (e.g., temporal lobectomy, splitbrain), and normal populations, the right cerebral hemisphere has been found to be dominant over the left in the analysis of geometric and visual-space, the perception of depth, distance, direction, shape, orientation, position, perspective, and figure-ground, the detection of complex and hidden figures, the performance of visual closure, and the ability to infer the total stimulus configuration from incomplete information, route finding and maze learning, localizing targets in space, the performance of reversible operations, stereopsis, and the determination of the directional orientation of the body as well as body-part positional relationships (Benton, 1979;Butters & Barton, 1970;Carmon & Bechtoldt, 1969;DeRenzi & Scotti, 1969;DeRenzi, Scotti, & Spinnler, 1969;Ettlinger, 1960;Fontenot, 1973;Franco & Sperry, 1977;Fried, Mateer, Ojemann, Wohns, & Fedio, 1982;Hannay et al, 1987;Kimura, 1966Kimura, , 1969Landis, Cummings, Christen, Bogen, & Imhof, 1986;Lansdell, 1968Lansdell, , 1970Levy, 1974;Milner, 1968;Nebes, 1971;Sperry, 1982).…”

Response : Lateralized Cognitive Processes and the Electroencephalogram

“…(iii) Neuropsychological evidence of deficits in spatial rotation abilities from patients showing right posterior cortical lesions (10) or from commissurotomy patients whose left hemisphere only was used during task performance (I1). Although patients with left parietal lesions also display deficits in spatial rotation ability (12), the relative loss in ability seems greater for right hemisphere damage (13).…”