무시증후군(Neglect Syndrome)

The neglect syndrome is a constellation of related lateralized deficits, including neglect of sensory stimuli; extinction of awareness of one sensory stimulus by another when both are delivered simultaneously; neglect of one half of an object or of space (recognizing that different reference points for “left” exist in this context); neglect of part of a person’s own body; failure to move a (nonparetic) body part as rapidly or persistently as its contralateral equivalent; and failure to recognize that the function of one part of the body is, indeed impaired.² Although many of these features tend to occur together in individual patients, they are potentially dissociable, and each patient must have his or her own distinctive pattern of impaired and retained abilities elucidated and documented, to facilitate further monitoring, care, and rehabilitation.