Recovery curves in a visual search task.
A visual search task was administered to eighteen neurosurgical patients and fourteen control subjects on four occasions over a period of six months. Improvement occurred during the first five postoperative weeks but there was evidence of persistent impairment when patient performance was compared to control performance - the comparison makes use of a simple mathematical model.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception