Spatiomotor cueing in unilateral left neglect: three case studies of its therapeutic effects

Limb activation contralateral to a cerebral lesion seems to reduce visual neglect, though whether this is due to perceptual cueing or hemispheric activation is controversial. Three case studies are presented which attempt to use this experimental finding therapeutically in the rehabilitation of unil...

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Published in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1992-09, Vol.55 (9), p.799-805
Main Authors: Robertson, I H, North, N T, Geggie, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attention - physiology
Behavior Therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Damage, Chronic - physiopathology
Brain Damage, Chronic - rehabilitation
Cues
Dominance, Cerebral - physiology
Female
Head Injuries, Closed - physiopathology
Head Injuries, Closed - rehabilitation
Hematoma, Subdural - physiopathology
Hematoma, Subdural - rehabilitation
Hemiplegia - physiopathology
Hemiplegia - rehabilitation
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Recall - physiology
Middle Aged
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Nervous system as a whole
Neurologic Examination
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Orientation - physiology
Proprioception - physiology
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
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Summary:Limb activation contralateral to a cerebral lesion seems to reduce visual neglect, though whether this is due to perceptual cueing or hemispheric activation is controversial. Three case studies are presented which attempt to use this experimental finding therapeutically in the rehabilitation of unilateral left neglect. The first study used a combination of perceptual anchoring training with left arm activation procedures and produced improvements. The second used the same method, but stimulated left arm activation using an avoidance conditioning procedure, again with positive results. The third case treatment focused on cueing for left arm activation without explicit instructions for perceptual anchoring, with positive results.
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.55.9.799