Neuropsychological studies suggest that patients with left parietal lesions may show impaired localization of parts of either their own or the examiner’s body, despite preserved ability to identify isolated body parts. This deficit, called autotopagnosia, may result from damage to the Body Structural Description (BSD), a representation which codes spatial relationships among body parts. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify the neural mechanisms underlying the BSD. Two human body or building parts (factor: STIMULI) were shown to participants who either identified them or evaluated their distance (factor: TASK). The analysis of the interaction between STIMULI and TASK, which isolates the neural mechanism underlying BSD, revealed an activation of left posterior intraparietal sulcus (IPS) when the distance between body parts was evaluated. The results show that the left IPS processes specifically the information about spatial relationships among body parts and thereby suggest that damage to this area may underlie autotopagnosia.

Where is a nose with respect to a foot? The left posterior parietal cortex processes spatial relationships among body parts / CORRADI DELLACQUA, C; Hesse, Md; Rumiati, Raffaella; Fink, Rg. - In: CEREBRAL CORTEX. - ISSN 1047-3211. - 18:12(2008), pp. 2879-2890. [10.1093/cercor/bhn046]

Where is a nose with respect to a foot? The left posterior parietal cortex processes spatial relationships among body parts

Rumiati, Raffaella;
2008-01-01

Abstract

Neuropsychological studies suggest that patients with left parietal lesions may show impaired localization of parts of either their own or the examiner’s body, despite preserved ability to identify isolated body parts. This deficit, called autotopagnosia, may result from damage to the Body Structural Description (BSD), a representation which codes spatial relationships among body parts. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify the neural mechanisms underlying the BSD. Two human body or building parts (factor: STIMULI) were shown to participants who either identified them or evaluated their distance (factor: TASK). The analysis of the interaction between STIMULI and TASK, which isolates the neural mechanism underlying BSD, revealed an activation of left posterior intraparietal sulcus (IPS) when the distance between body parts was evaluated. The results show that the left IPS processes specifically the information about spatial relationships among body parts and thereby suggest that damage to this area may underlie autotopagnosia.
2008
18
12
2879
2890
10.1093/cercor/bhn046
https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhn046
CORRADI DELLACQUA, C; Hesse, Md; Rumiati, Raffaella; Fink, Rg
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