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Visual extinction for motion

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology volume 242, pages 423–427 (2004)Cite this article

Abstract

Purpose

To alert clinicians to the heretofore undescribed visual behavioral phenomenon of visual extinction limited to motion.

Methods

Neuro-ophthalmological, neuropsychological and neuroimaging assessment of a 57-year-old man with vague visual complaints.

Results

Extinction limited to visual motion perception in the left hemifield was demonstrated. The visual defect was attributed to a lesion involving the right occipito-temporo-parietal region in the presence of a left posterior infarction.

Conclusion

The importance of clinical examination for detection of this specific higher-order visual defect is stressed. The present observation may be helpful in understanding the effects of attention on visual perception and may have important implications for rehabilitation of patients with visual neglect.

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  1. Oto-neuro-ophthalmology Unit, Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 , Ghent, Belgium

    Luc Crevits

  2. fMRI Workgroup, Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Karel Deblaere

  3. Department of Neurology, General Hospital Maria Middelares–Sint Jozef, Ghent, Belgium

    Isabelle Aers

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Crevits, L., Deblaere, K. & Aers, I. Visual extinction for motion. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 242, 423–427 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-003-0840-4

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Keywords

  • Smooth Pursuit
  • Motion Perception
  • Spatial Neglect
  • Homonymous Hemianopia
  • Brodmann Area