Dr.Genis is working with a hemineglect patient,Nathan.During the assessment,Dr.Genis wiggles her finger on the left,right,and then both sides of Nathan's field of vision.If Nathan is like the majority of hemineglect patients,this test will show that ____.

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Hemineglect patients often have intact visual processing of both sides of space but tend to ignore one side due to damage to the parietal lobe. The finger wiggling test assesses if the patient is attending to both sides of space or neglecting one side. Option B is incorrect as "what" system impairment would affect object recognition which is not assessed by this test. Option C is incorrect as there are different regions of the parietal lobe that can be damaged to cause hemineglect. Option D is incorrect as hemineglect patients are not blind, they simply ignore one side of space.

DrGenis Is Working with a Hemineglect Patient,Nathan