neglect

Question 1

define attentional neglect

Answer 1

failure to report, respond or orient to novel or meaningful contralesionally stimuli

Question 2

what are some common causes?

Answer 2

right hemispheric stroke, typically parietal lobe
note: effects usually temporary (recoverable)

Question 3

how is neglect tested?

Answer 3

line bisection task
picture copying
cancellation tasks

Question 4

how do we neuropsychological method?

Answer 4

reverse engineering: missing brain region affects on cognitive functioning
strokes and lesions

Question 5

what is blindsight neglect

Answer 5

can tell object present without ‘seeing’ it

Question 6

how does neglect operate?

Answer 6

egocentric (left) and object-centred frame (milan square experiment)

Question 7

what is extinction?

Answer 7

mild form, occurs only when two stimuli presented despite still activating visual-cortex (attention over perception)

Question 8

what are some non-spatial deficits of neglect?

Answer 8

poor working memory, larger attentional blink and poor attention span