Figure 2. Space can be divided into personal space, peripersonal space, and extrapersonal space.

Figure 2

Space can be divided into personal space, peripersonal space, and extrapersonal space. A patient’s space can be divided into personal space, peripersonal space, and extrapersonal space. USN patients are often associated with neglect symptoms in any of the three spaces, but they may occur in peripersonal space and not in extrapersonal space, or vice versa.

From: Chapter 7, Unilateral Spatial Neglect Due to Stroke

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