Book Description:
Neglect is a syndrome in which patients fail to attend to or respond to contralesional stimuli or events. Neglect has traditionally been considered a disorder of spatial attention. This book discusses various topics on neglect including neglect as a disorder of representational updating; trauma of sexual abuse and the family; the relationship between neglect and other childhood adversities; dietary neglect and its influence on feeding; landmark recognition and mental route navigation disorders in patients with imagery neglect and perceptual neglect; the exploration of unilateral spatial neglect through the phenomenon of mirror agnosia and the psychobiological consequences of emotional neglect. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Neglect as a Disorder of Representational Updating
(James Danckert, Elisabeth Stöttinger, Britt Anderson, Department of Psychology, Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience)

Trauma of Sexual Abuse and the Family
(Tanja Repic Slavic, Christian Gostecnik, Robert Cvetek, Franciscan Family Institute, Assistant Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and others)

What is Hell for Children: The Relationship Between Neglect and Other Childhood Adversities in an Italian Sample
(Adriano Schimmenti, Ugo Pace, Kore University, Enna)

Dietary Neglect and its Influence on Feeding
(Robin Dando, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA)

Landmark Recognition and Mental Route Navigation Disorders in Patients with Imagery Neglect and Perceptual Neglect
(Laura Piccardi, Liana Palermo, Raffaella Nori, Fiorella Giusberti, Cecilia Guariglia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi de L’Aquila, and others)

Exploring Unilateral Spatial Neglect through the Phenomenon of Mirror Agnosia
(Satoru Watanabe, Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato Institute Medical Center Hospital, Kitasato University, Saitama, Japan)

The Psychobiological Consequences of Emotional Neglect
(María Dolores Braquehais, María Dolores Picouto, Miquel Casas, Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and others)

Maspin: A Formative Evaluation Tool Supporting Dialog Among Professionals and with Families
Stéphanie Bednarek, Chantal Vandoorne, Gaëtan Absil, Marc Vanmeerbeek, Department of General Practice/Family Medicine, University of Liege, Belgium, and others)

Omission Neglect in Consumer Judgment and Choice
(Frank R. Kardes, Bruce E. Pfeiffer, Jennifer “Kat” Bechkoff, University of Cincinnati)

Psychology of Neglect
(Mervi Jehkonen, University of Tempere) (a)

Neglect and Japanese Language
(Katsuhiko Takeda, Department of Neurology, Mita hospital, International University of Health and Welfare) (a)

Index