Abstract
It has been previously demonstrated that the caudate nucleus plays a role in a system for ego-centric spatial localization. It was hypothesized that the caudate would also be involved in the compensation for self-produced movement required by such a system. A direct test of this hypothesis revealed that patients with Huntington's Disease, which affects the caudate nucleus, were impaired in a task embodying this compensation function but were unimpaired in other equally difficult spatial-motor tasks not involving this function.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 233-235 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Neuropsychologia |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Jun 1971 |