J.S.recently had a stroke which damaged the right parietal lobe.You give J.S.a line bisection task in which he must bisect a line into two equal segments.J.S.typically marks lines like this: Based on this performance,you suspect that J.S.may have______________.

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J.S.recently had a stroke which damaged the right parietal lobe.You give J.S.a line bisection task in which he must bisect a line into two equal segments.J.S.typically marks lines like this:  Based on this performance,you suspect that J.S.may have______________.

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The way J.S. marked the lines suggests that he may have hemispatial neglect, which is a type of attentional disorder commonly associated with damage to the right parietal lobe. People with this condition tend to ignore or neglect one side of space, often the left side, and may have difficulty bisecting lines or performing other tasks that require attention to both sides of space. Option A (motor inaccuracies) does not fully explain J.S.'s performance, and options C (post-stroke syndrome) and D (a slow but normal recovery) are too general and do not specifically address the observed behavior.

JSRecently Had a Stroke Which Damaged the Right Parietal Lobe