PSYC33H3 Chapter : attention and neglect
Document Summary
Right inferior parietal and inferior frontal lobe spatial and nonspatial mechanisms in neglect phenomena. Three categories of rehabilitation in treatment of neglect: behavioral techniques, the use of specialized devices, pharmacologic treatments. Heterogeneity of the syndrome y different patients have different combinations of deficit, one intervention may not be appropriate or effective for everyone y important for certain brain regions or functions to be intact if treatment is to be effective. Therapies: purely behavioral interventions, treatments involving devices or specialized equipment, pharmacological therapies. Behavioral therapies. y strategies to orientate attention to the neglected part of space or body. y visual scanning or visuospatial training used. y feedback, mental imagery, sustained attention training & limb activation. Provide information originating from the observation that neglect is often accompanied by anosognosia (lack of awareness of deficit: visuomotor feedback, video feedback, grasping movements improvement obtained over a few days. Imagine themselves as lighthouses gaze from left to right.
