TL;DR: The EASE does not cover all potential anomalies of experience, but focuses only on the disorders of the self, which cannot be used alone as a diagnostic instrument.
Abstract: for a detailed account of phenomena that have in common a somehow deformed sense of fi rst-person perspective – in brief, a disorder or defi ciency in the sense of being a subject, a self-coinciding center of action, thought, and experience 1 . The scale is mainly designed for conditions in the schizophrenia spectrum, but it cannot be used alone as a diagnostic instrument (self-disorders are not listed by the DSM-IV or ICD-10 as diagnostically crucial or even important features of schizophrenia; derealization and depersonalization are mentioned as nonessential features of schizotypy). The EASE does not cover all potential anomalies of experience, but focuses only on the disorders of the self [in contrast to the BSABS (‘Bonner Skala fur die Beurteilung von Basissymptomen’) [Gross et al., 1987], e.g. perceptual disorders are not explored].
TL;DR: The paper reviews the main findings of studies of hemispatial neglect after acquired brain lesions in people and discusses the behavioral consequences of experimentally induced lesions in animals and electrophysiological studies, which shed light on the nature of the disorder.
TL;DR: In this paper, the interactions between spatially lateralized and non-lateralized brain mechanisms are investigated to understand the neglect syndrome and normal functions of brain structures that are commonly damaged in neglect patients, and contribute to the development of treatments for the condition.
Abstract: Hemispatial neglect is a common, disabling disorder that results from brain damage, most frequently stroke. Research on patients with neglect has provided important insights into normal brain mechanisms involved in directing attention, representing space and controlling movement. Although much work has focused on the lateralized components of neglect, recent investigations have also revealed deficits that are not spatially lateralized, consistent with new findings from functional imaging, human neuropsychological and monkey electrophysiological studies. Here we propose that understanding the interactions between spatially lateralized and non-lateralized mechanisms provides important insights into the neglect syndrome and the normal functions of brain structures that are commonly damaged in neglect patients, and will contribute to the development of treatments for the condition.