title: Eye-Search: A web-based therapy that improves visual search in hemianopia.
abstract: Persisting hemianopia frequently complicates lesions of the posterior cerebral hemispheres, leaving patients impaired on a range of key activities of daily living. Practice-based therapies designed to induce compensatory eye movements can improve hemianopic patients' visual function, but are not readily available. We used a web-based therapy (Eye-Search) that retrains visual search saccades into patients' blind hemifield. A group of 78 suitable hemianopic patients took part. After therapy (800 trials over 11 days), search times into their impaired hemifield improved by an average of 24%. Patients also reported improvements in a subset of visually guided everyday activities, suggesting that Eye-Search therapy affects real-world outcomes.
authors: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London London, United Kingdom ; Institute of Neurology, University College London London, United Kingdom.
authors: Yean-Hoon
authors: YH
authors: Ong
authors: Service de Reeducation Neurologique, Hopital Henry Gabrielle, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Plateforme Mouvement et Handicap Saint Genis Laval, France ; ImpAct, Centre des Neurosciences de Lyon, Inserm UMR-S 1028, CNRS UMR 5292 Universite Lyon 1 Lyon, Bron, France.
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Jacquin-Courtois
authors: Centre for Restorative Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London London, United Kingdom.
authors: Nikos
authors: N
authors: Gorgoraptis
authors: Institute of Neurology, University College London London, United Kingdom ; Institute of Cognitive & Brain Sciences, University of California Berkeley, California.
authors: Paul M
authors: PM
authors: Bays
authors: Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Dept Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors: Masud
authors: M
authors: Husain
authors: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London London, United Kingdom ; Institute of Neurology, University College London London, United Kingdom.
authors: Alexander P
authors: AP
authors: Leff
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