title: The two part picture in detection of visuospatial neglect.
abstract: Thirty-four patients with right hemispheric cerebrovascular accident and 31 control subjects were examined with a new picture scanning task, the Two Part Picture, as well as with two picture scanning tasks and conventional tests from the Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT). The sensitivity of these tasks in detecting visuospatial neglect was evaluated, and compared to conventional neglect tests. The three pictures varied markedly in their ability to identify neglect. The Two Part Picture was clearly the most sensitive picture scanning task, also showing high agreement with the conventional tests of the BIT. The Two Part Picture is recommended as a useful detector for screening of visuospatial neglect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Turku, Finland. heikki.hamalainen@utu.fi
authors.forename: Teea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brunila
authors.forename: Maarit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jalas
authors.forename: J Arja
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lindell
authors.forename: Olli
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tenovuo
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hämäläinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014796:Visual Perception