week 5 - from revision lecture Flashcards
simultanagnosia
unable to experience more than one object at a time
Blaint’s syndrome
set of symptoms including:
simultanagnosia and optic ataxia
extensive conjunction errors
hemispatial neglect
lack of awareness of stimuli a contralesional side of space
neglect with extinction
symptoms of neglect only when competition across hemifields
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
complex multi-faceted disorder linked to endogenous attention network dysfunction
attention is important for subjective experience of objects (feature binding)
blaint’s syndrome
(simultanagnosia)
attention may not be unitary
hemspatial neglect with extinction
endogenous and exogenous attention are dissociable
hemispatial neglect
the meaning of some information is processed outside of attention and awareness
hemispatial neglect
executive functions influence endogenous attention
ADHD