The imbalance of oculomotor capture in unilateral visual neglect |
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| Authors: | Stefan Van der Stigchel Tanja C.W. Nijboer |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy;2. Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, and Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;3. Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy;4. Cardiac Surgery Department, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Visual neglect has been associated with an imbalance in the level of activity in the saccadic system: activity in the contralesional field is suppressed, which makes target selection unlikely. We recorded eye movements of a patient with hemispatial neglect and a group of healthy participants during an oculomotor distractor paradigm. Results showed that the interfering effects of a distractor were very strong when presented in her ipsilesional visual field. However, when the distractor was presented in her contralesional field, there were no interfering effects when the target was presented in her ipsilesional field. These findings could not be explained by the presence of a visual field defect as revealed by the results of two hemianopic patients. Our results are in line with an imbalance in the level of activity in the saccadic system in visual neglect because visual elements presented in the contralesional field did not compete for saccadic selection. |
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