Allochiria is a neurological disorder in which the patient responds to stimuli presented to one side of their body as if the stimuli had been presented at ...AllochiriaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchMedicalconditionAllochiriaAllochiriaismostfrequentlyassociatedwithalesionoftherightparietallobe(inyellow,attop)SpecialtyNeurologyAllochiriaisaneurologicaldisorderinwhichthepatientrespondstostimulipresentedtoonesideoftheirbodyasifthestimulihadbeenpresentedattheoppositeside.[1]Itisassociatedwithspatialtranspositions,usuallysymmetrical,ofstimulifromonesideofthebody(orofthespace)totheoppositeone.Thusatouchtotheleftsideofthebodywillbereportedasatouchtotherightside,whichisalsoknownassomatosensoryallochiria.[2]Iftheauditoryorvisualsensesareaffected,sounds(aperson'svoiceforinstance)willbereportedasbeingheardontheoppositesidetothatonwhichtheyoccurandobjectspresentedvisuallywillbereportedashavingbeenpresentedontheoppositeside.Oftenpatientsmayexpressallochiriaintheirdrawingwhilecopyinganimage.Allochiriaoftenco-occurswithunilateralneglectand,likehemispatialneglect,thedisorderarisescommonlyfromdamagetotherightparietallobe.[1]Allochiriaisoftenconfusedwithalloesthesia,alsoknownasfalseallochiria.[3]Trueallochiriaisasymptomofdyschiriaandunilateralneglect.[4]Dyschiriaisadisorderinthelocalizationofsensationduetovariousdegreesofdissociationandcauseimpairmentinonesidecausingtheinabilitytotellwhichsideofthebodywastouched.ThetermisfromtheGreekmeaning"otherhand".Contents1Definitionalcriteria2Types2.1Electromotorallochiria2.2Motorallochiria2.3Reflexallochiria2.4Auditoryallochiria2.5Visualallochiria2.6Gustatoryallochiria3Alloesthesia4Dyschiria4.1Achiria4.2Allochiria4.3Synchiria5Experiences6Diagnosis6.1Diagnosticvalue7Theory8Seealso9ReferencesDefinitionalcriteria[edit]Animation.Parietallobe(red).Allochiriahasbeenobservedmainlyinthecontextofneglectwhichisusuallyduetoalesionthataffectstherightparietallobe.[3]Inpatientswithallochiria,theirsensibilityisretainedcompletelyb