Sustained attention and awareness of disability in chronic neglect

The possible causative role of defective sustained attention and awareness of disability on the persistence of neglect was explored. The study included stroke patients who had had moderate or severe neglect 1–5 years before the start of the present examination. Questionnaire responses showed that th...

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Published inNeuropsychologia Vol. 34; no. 12; pp. 1229 - 1233
Main Authors Hjaltason, Haukur, Tegnér, Richard, Tham, Kerstin, Levander, Maria, Ericson, Kaj
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.1996
Subjects
Aged
Attention
Awareness
awareness of disability
Cerebrovascular Disorders - diagnosis
Cerebrovascular Disorders - psychology
chronic neglect
Disabled Persons - psychology
Dominance, Cerebral
Female
Hemianopsia - diagnosis
Hemianopsia - psychology
Humans
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
sustained attention
chronic neglect
sustained attention
awareness of disability
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Summary:The possible causative role of defective sustained attention and awareness of disability on the persistence of neglect was explored. The study included stroke patients who had had moderate or severe neglect 1–5 years before the start of the present examination. Questionnaire responses showed that the patients were aware of their disability. Impaired sustained attention was associated with poor performance in two out of three tests most sensitive in detecting neglect. This, together with indications of compensation on neglect tests, is interpretated as providing support for the hypothesis that chronic neglect is related to an impaired sustained attention.
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ISSN:0028-3932
1873-3514
DOI:10.1016/0028-3932(96)00044-9