Patients with hemineglect were asked to imagine they were standing in the centre of a familiar Italian piazza. First, they were asked to describe what they could see while facing the cathedral. Then they were asked to imagine they were facing the opposite direction and to again describe what they could see.

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Patients with hemineglect typically ignore one side of space, often the left, both in perception and in mental imagery. Thus, regardless of which direction they imagined facing, they would neglect the same side (usually the left) of the piazza in their descriptions.

Patients with Hemineglect Were Asked to Imagine They Were Standing