Journal: Neuropsychology Review
Article Title: The Neuropsychological Assessment of Unilateral Spatial Neglect Through Computerized and Virtual Reality Tools: A Scoping Review
doi: 10.1007/s11065-023-09586-3
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Article Snippet: Buxbaum et al. ( ) , RBD patients: 70 (39/31); 59.5 ± 10.6. HC : 10 (5/5); 62.2 ± 15.1. , RBD patients: 70 CVA, 29.2 ± 23.7 m. , Modified version of Fluff test 14 ; timed version of Bells Cancellation test 5 ; BIT 3 ’s Letter Cancellation and Line Bisection subtests; Buxbaum et al.’s ( ) Laser Line-Bisection task; modified version of Buxbaum et al.’s ( ) Moss Real World Navigation (RWN) test. , Virtual Reality Lateralized Attention Test (VRLAT) (Buxbaum et al., ; Dawson et al., ): participants travel along a virtual, nonbranching path, either propelling themselves using a computer joystick ( participant condition ), or passively viewing the environment while an examiner navigates the path at a constant rate ( examiner condition ). Participants asked to identify virtual objects (coloured trees and statues of animals) on either side of the path, and to avoid colliding with them. Array conditions: (i) simple (contains only target objects); (ii) complex (contains targets and distractors); (iii) enhanced (as the complex condition, with the addition of auditory and small visual moving distractors). , VRLAT run on a PC. Participants seated 34 in. away from a 15.5 by 27.5-in. flat-screen video display, interfaced with the VRLAT via a Logitech® Attack 3 joystick. Software on the Unreal Engine 2 programmed by Digital Media Works. , HC and 64 patients completed all six conditions of the VRLAT . Six patients unable to complete the participant-driven conditions , due to difficulty in operating the joystick. , Based on performances on paper-and-pencil tests, 32 (50%) out of 64 patients classified as left N+. This percentage increases to 36 (56.3%) using the VRLAT. In the Moss Real World Navigation test eight RBD patients make left-sided collisions. All eight patients classified by VRLAT as N+; only five out of eight patients classified as N + by paper-and-pencil tests..
Techniques: Sequencing, Software, Variant Assay, Functional Assay, Blocking Assay, Sampling, Imaging, Selection, Western Blot, Modification, Staining, Marker
