Traditionally, unilateral spatial neglect is assessed with cancellation tests such as the Bells test. Recently, a new cancellation test, the Apples ...AdvertisementSearchSpringerLinkSearchAbstractUnilateralspatialneglect(USN)isafrequentconsequenceofacquiredbraininjury,especiallyfollowingrighthemispheredamage.Traditionally,unilateralspatialneglectisassessedwithcancellationtestssuchastheBellstest.Recently,anewcancellationtest,theApplestest,hasbeenproposed.Thepresentstudyaimsatcomparingtheaccuracyofthesetwotestsindetectinghemispatialneglect,onasampleof56righthemispherestrokepatientswithadiagnosisofUSN.InordertoevaluatetheagreementbetweentheApplesandBellstests,Cohen’skappaandMcNemar’stestwereusedtoassessdifferencesbetweenthetwomethodsofevaluation.PooragreementandstatisticallysignificantdifferencesemergedbetweentheApplesandBellstests.Overall,theApplestestwassignificantlymoresensitivethantheBellstestindetectingUSN.Basedontheseresults,theuseoftheApplestestforperipersonalneglectassessmentisthereforehighlyrecommended.Thisisapreviewofsubscriptioncontent,accessviayourinstitution.AccessoptionsBuysinglearticleInstantaccesstothefullarticlePDF.£29.95Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout.SubscribetojournalImmediateonlineaccesstoallissuesfrom2019.Subscriptionwillautorenewannually.£69Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout.RentthisarticleviaDeepDyve.LearnmoreaboutInstitutionalsubscriptionsFig. 1Fig. 2References1.HeilmanKM,WatsonRT,ValensteinE(1993)Neglectandrelateddisorders.In:HeilmanKM,ValensteinE(eds)Clinicalneuropsychology.OxfordUniversityPress,NewYork,pp279–336GoogleScholar 2.HusainM,MattingleyJB,RordenCetal(2000)Distinguishingsensoryandmotorbiasesinparietalandfrontalneglect.Brain123:1643–1659Article PubMed GoogleScholar 3.RingmanJM,SaverJL,WoolsonRFetal(2004)Frequency,riskfactors,anatomy,andcourseofunilateralneglectinanacutestrokecohort.Neurology63:468–474CAS Article PubMed GoogleScholar 4.BartolomeoP,ThiebautDeSchottenM,DoricchiF(2007)Leftunilateralneglectasadisconnec