Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Is recovery from left-sided neglect based on changes in automatic attention? An auditory event related potentials study. |
| Authors: |
Hildebrandt, Helmut, Notbohm, Annika, Duning, Thomas, Schweser, Insa |
| Source: |
Applied Neuropsychology: Adult; Jan/Feb2025, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p205-215, 11p |
| Subject Terms: |
AUDITORY evoked response, ATTENTIONAL bias, UNILATERAL neglect, EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology), NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests |
| Abstract: |
An automatic spatial attention deficit is the primary deficit in neglect. However, the cognitive processes enabling recovery from neglect have rarely been studied. We used event-related potentials (ERP) to analyze if recovery is based on changes in automatic attention components. Twelve sub-acute patients with left visuospatial neglect were included. They received 3 weeks of intensive treatment. ERPs were recorded using two auditory paradigms: either a tone was presented randomly to the right or left ear (ATP) or as a Posner paradigm (PP) with left to right and vice versa moving cue tones and validly and invalidly cued target tones. Patients improved significantly on neuropsychological tests and neurological scales. For the ATP, no differences were observed related to the side of stimulation, but the auditory PP showed characteristic results, that is, smaller amplitudes for left-sided targets and higher amplitudes for invalid trials. Both paradigms revealed a treatment effect, but no changes were found in the amplitudes for the two target sides, which would be expected if the treatment would affect the automatic attention bias. Recovery from neglect seems not to be associated with changes in the automatic spatial attention bias, arguing that recovery might be due to higher cognitive compensatory processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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