Citation

Degutis J, Grosso M, VanVleet T, Esterman M, Pistorino L, Cronin-Golomb A. Neurocase 2015; 22(2): 179-186.

Affiliation

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , Boston University , Boston , MA , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13554794.2015.1088035

PMID

26360648

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.

Language: en