Attention Therapy in Neglect: Behavioral and Imaging data

Introduction: Spatial neglect subsequent to right hemisphere lesions is closely associated with non spatial deficits of attention like intrinsic alertness and sustained attention. Several studies have shown that the degree to which sustained attention is impaired is a strong predictor for the persistence of neglect. A postulated interaction between the anterior alerting and the posterior spatial attention network directly leads to the hypothesis that an alertness training may improve spatial neglect in right hemisphere stroke patients. Impact of alertness vs. OKS training on neglect: We examined the effect of th…