DISCUSSION
This study investigated the effect of mental practice on
unilateral neglect of patients with stroke. The results of this
study indicate that the mental practice may have therapeutic
benefits for unilateral neglect and is consistent with the
results of previous studies10, 18, 19)
.
Perceiving neglect as an attentional disorder20)
, mental
practice can be assumed to facilitate a directing of attention
towards the neglected side of the body, objects, and space
which does not automatically imply that attention can also
be better directed toward the left side of objects.
Although the effects of mental practice on unilateral