PSYCH 119T Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Corticobasal Degeneration, Frontotemporal Dementia
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Lessons on visual art from unilateral brain damage. The old theory of art and the brain. Said that the right hemisphere specializes in art. Theory implied both creation of art and the perception of art are specialized in the right hemisphere. Treats art as a single entity and focuses on visual art. Was based on the logic that all language functions are lateralised to the left hemisphere, thus all non-language functions are lateralised to the right hemisphere because art does not involve language. Therefore, art is lateralised to the right hemisphere. Plus: rh specializes in visual perception such as spatial relations. Therefore, art is based on spatial relations . Art is under the control of the whole brain. Creation and perception art are not one and the same. Unilateral rh stroke in 1967 (aged 75) Hemineglect--left half of space, probably involving parietal lobe. Neglect typically doesn"t last very long (6-8 weeks)
