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The ontology of neglect
Cristina Becchio1, Cesare Bertone
1Centre for Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, via Po 14, 10123 Torino, Italy. becchio@psych.unito.it
Abstract:
As shown by neuroscientific evidence, neglect may occur without elementary sensorimotor impairments. The deficit is to be found at a higher, more abstract level of representation, which prevents the patient not only from seeing, but from conceiving the contralesional space. By analysing a series of neuropsychological results, in this paper we suggest a crucial role of time for the construction of a world: on this basis, we try to explain how it is possible that half the ontology gets lost. The analysis of the ontological implication of neglect will allow us to shed light on manifestations of the pathology apparently disconnected.
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