Sustained Attention Training Reduces Spatial Bias in Parkinson's Disease: a Pilot Case Series

Overview

Journal Neurocase

Publisher Routledge

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry
Psychology
Social Sciences

Date 2015 Sep 12

PMID 26360648

Citations 4

Authors

Joseph DeGutis

Mallory Grosso

Thomas VanVleet

Michael Esterman

Laura Pistorino

Alice Cronin-Golomb

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Abstract

Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) commonly demonstrate lateralized spatial biases, which affect daily functioning. Those with PD with initial motor symptoms on the left body side (LPD) have reduced leftward attention, whereas PD with initial motor symptoms on the right side (RPD) may display reduced rightward attention. We investigated whether a sustained attention training program could help reduce these spatial biases. Four non-demented individuals with PD (2 LPD, 2 RPD) performed a visual search task before and after 1 month of computer training. Before training, all participants showed a significant spatial bias and after training, all participants' spatial bias was eliminated.

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