The emergence of the capacity to name left visual field stimuli in a callosotomy patient: implications for functional plasticity.
The emergence of the capacity to name left visual field stimuli in a callosotomy patient: implications for functional plasticity.
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胼胝体切开患者命名左视野刺激的能力的出现:对功能可塑性的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/0028-3932(95)00039-6
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发表时间:
1995
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影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Gazzaniga,MS
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作者:
Baynes,K;Wessinger,CM;Fendrich,R;Gazzaniga,MS
Callosotomized patient J.W. has a well-documented history of right hemisphere language abilities, including an auditory and visual lexical-semantic system with limited phonology and syntax. However, J.W. has not previously exhibited the ability to name stimuli presented to the left visual field (LVF). We report the emergence of this ability. Experiments were conducted in which pictures and text were presented to the subject's LVF using retinal stabilization techniques to ensure lateralization. J.W. was able to correctly name approximately one-quarter of these stimuli under a variety of presentation conditions. The newly developed ability to respond verbally to complex LVF stimuli can be the result of (1) enhanced inter-hemispheric transfer of information via sub-cortical pathways, (2) sophisticated cross cueing strategies, or (3) control of motor speech in the right hemisphere. Although it appears that the first two mechanisms make a contribution to J.W.'s LVF naming performance, accuracy for unpredictable stimulus sets and the error patterns require acknowledgement that control of motor speech is now available to the right hemisphere.