A 65-year-old hypertensive man presents with a witnessed seizure characterized by forceful leftward deviation of head and eyes, followed by left arm clonic jerking and secondary generalization. Postictally, his head and eyes remain deviated to the right, and he cannot voluntarily look to the left for several hours. MRI shows an acute ischemic infarct in the right posterior middle frontal gyrus. EEG shows the pattern marked **B** in the diagram—focal delta slowing and intermittent sharp waves over the right frontal region, with versive electrographic seizure activity recorded during the event. Which of the following best explains the postictal rightward gaze deviation and inability to look left?
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