Painting after right-hemisphere stroke - case studies of professional artists

Front Neurol Neurosci. 2007:22:1-13. doi: 10.1159/000102820.

Abstract

Changes in the style of professional artists as an immediate consequence of cerebrovascular disease are an intriguing phenomenon for the neuroscientist. While left-hemisphere damage is commonly provoking alterations in verbal production and comprehension, right-hemisphere stroke often leads to left-sided visuospatial neglect. We present a case series of 13 professional artists with right-hemisphere stroke and compare examples of their poststroke artwork with their prestroke artwork.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / history*
  • Cerebral Infarction / psychology
  • Functional Laterality / physiology
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Paintings / history*
  • Perceptual Disorders / history
  • Space Perception / physiology
  • Stroke / history*
  • Stroke / psychology