Increased Cognitive Load Reveals Unilateral Neglect and Altitudinal Extinction in Chronic Stroke

Objective : Neuropsychological studies suggest that the ability to compensate for the presence of spatial neglect highly depends on the attentional resources a patient can rely on. The present research aimed to study neglect in situations where attentional resources are limited due to multitasking. Method : We examined two patients more than 3 years after a right-hemispheric stroke. Both had received neuropsychological rehabilitation for left...