9.7 Synaesthesia + 9.8 Spatial Neglect

Question 1

Synaesthesia

Answer 1

a perceptual experience in which stimulation of one sense produces additional sensations in another

Question 2

Causes of Synaesthesia

Answer 2

-> Psychologist are still unsure
-> Increases communication between brain regions responsible for processing perceptual information

Question 3

Spatial neglect

Answer 3

a neurological disorder where individuals can’t notice anything on their left/right side even despite no sensory loss

Question 4

Spatial Neglect causes

Answer 4

stroke or TBI, most commonly to the back area of the parietal lobe of the right hemisphere
-> Parietal lobe has an important role in attention and conscious awareness of objects and self.

Question 5

Spatial neglect symptoms

Answer 5

-> Forgetting/ignoring left side
-> feelings of alienation from left side of body
-> Bumping into objects with the left side of body
-> Compensation: inferring stimulus belongs to right side (hearing, clock with all numbers on the right).

Question 6

Diagnosis Spatial Neglect

Answer 6

->Cancellation tasks
-> Virtual reality simulations eye tracking tasks

Question 7

Treatment of Spatial Neglect

Answer 7

-> patient may be asked to look through prism glasses that make you turn your left eye to see an image clearly
-> visuomotor, cognitive, and behavioral training