Prism adaptation reduces the disengage deficit in right brain damage patients

Striemer, Christopher; Danckert, James

doi:https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280125670

Prism adaptation reduces the disengage deficit in right brain damage patients

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Title: Prism adaptation reduces the disengage deficit in right brain damage patients
Author(s) or Creator(s): Striemer, Christopher
Danckert, James
Date: 2007
Peer Reviewed?: Yes
Keywords: right hemisphere
parietal lobe
neglect
prism adaptation
covert attention
visuomotor adaptation
Description: Recent research has shown that prism adaptation alleviates some of the symptoms of neglect. Although prism adaptation can aid patients with neglect, the mechanisms underlying these benefits remain largely unknown. One way in which prisms may work is by altering attentional orienting mechanisms known to be impaired in neglect. To investigate this hypothesis we tested four right brain damaged patients (two with neglect) on a reflexive covert attention task before and after rightward prism adaptation and compared them to a group of healthy controls who underwent sham prism adaptation. Results demonstrated that rightward prism adaptation reduced both the rightward attentional bias, and the disengage deficit in patients with right brain damage irrespective of the presence of neglect.
Publication Information: Striemer, C., & Danckert, J. (2007). Prism adaptation reduces the disengage deficit in right brain damage patients. Neuroreport: For Rapid Communication of Neuroscience Research, 18(1), 99-103. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280125670
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280125670
Type of Item: Journal Articles
Language: English
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