Brief remission periods in visuospatial neglect: evidence from long-term follow-up. Small, M. & Ellis, S. Eur Neurol, 34(3):147–54, 1994.
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Ten patients with left-sided visuospatial neglect due to cerebrovascular accident were monitored using the Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT) at weekly intervals, on a long-term basis. The novel finding was that some patients showed occasional but transitory marked improvement in their visuospatial neglect at times producing a normal score. This spontaneous phenomenon was evidenced by the patient cancelling sections or the entire block of left-sided targets, without any additional cues or prompts. Such episodes indicate that, in this small group of patients, visuospatial neglect is not necessarily irrevocable, at least for simple stimuli.
@article{small_brief_1994,
	title = {Brief remission periods in visuospatial neglect: evidence from long-term follow-up},
	volume = {34},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8033940},
	doi = {10/cvq7kj},
	abstract = {Ten patients with left-sided visuospatial neglect due to cerebrovascular accident were monitored using the Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT) at weekly intervals, on a long-term basis. The novel finding was that some patients showed occasional but transitory marked improvement in their visuospatial neglect at times producing a normal score. This spontaneous phenomenon was evidenced by the patient cancelling sections or the entire block of left-sided targets, without any additional cues or prompts. Such episodes indicate that, in this small group of patients, visuospatial neglect is not necessarily irrevocable, at least for simple stimuli.},
	number = {3},
	journal = {Eur Neurol},
	author = {Small, M. and Ellis, S.},
	year = {1994},
	keywords = {*Attention, *Dominance, Cerebral, *Neuropsychological Tests, *Psychomotor Performance, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cerebrovascular Disorders/*psychology/rehabilitation, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Orientation, Reference Values, Remission, Spontaneous, Visual Acuity},
	pages = {147--54},
}

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