Constructional Ability
Overlapping Pentagons
- Ask the patient to copy a diagram of overlapping pentagons.
![Ask the patient to copy a diagram of overlapping pentagons.]()
Wire Cube
- Ask the patient to copy a diagram of a wire cube.
![Ask the patient to copy a diagram of a wire cube.]()
Clock
- Ask the patient to draw a clock face with numbers and the hands at the current time.
Visual Neglect
Look For
- Lack of grooming to half of the body
- Eating half of a plate of food
- Not acknowledging someone standing to their left / right
How to Assess
- Give the patient a page with many lines oriented at various angles. Ask the patient to cross every line. Examine the page to see whether they have missed one side of the page.
- Ask the patient to draw a clock face, looking for missing numbers on one side of the clock.
Significance
- Classically a sign of contralateral stroke, though may occur with any sort of contralateral brain lesion.
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