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Perceptual disorders

MedGen UID:
45392
•Concept ID:
C0030975
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Perceptual Disorder; Perceptual Disorders
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0024417

Definition

Cognitive disorders characterized by an impaired ability to perceive the nature of objects or concepts through use of the sense organs. These include spatial neglect syndromes, where an individual does not attend to visual, auditory, or sensory stimuli presented from one side of the body. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Buccal hemineglect: is it useful to evaluate the differences between the two halves of the oral cavity for the multidisciplinary rehabilitative management of right brain stroke survivors? A cross-sectional study.
de Sire A, Baricich A, Ferrillo M, Migliario M, Cisari C, Invernizzi M
Top Stroke Rehabil 2020 Apr;27(3):208-214. Epub 2019 Nov 12 doi: 10.1080/10749357.2019.1673592. PMID: 31714187
Effects of the manual laryngeal musculoskeletal tension reduction technique as a treatment for functional voice disorders: perceptual and acoustic measures.
Roy N, Leeper HA
J Voice 1993 Sep;7(3):242-9. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(05)80333-9. PMID: 8353642
The inference of speech perception in the phonologically disordered child. Part I: A rationale, some criteria, the conventional tests.
Locke JL
J Speech Hear Disord 1980 Nov;45(4):431-44. doi: 10.1044/jshd.4504.431. PMID: 7442161

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke.
Hazelton C, Thomson K, Todhunter-Brown A, Campbell P, Chung CS, Dorris L, Gillespie DC, Hunter SM, McGill K, Nicolson DJ, Williams LJ, Brady MC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Nov 3;11(11):CD007039. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007039.pub3. PMID: 36326118Free PMC Article
Visual snow syndrome: a review on diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment.
Traber GL, Piccirelli M, Michels L
Curr Opin Neurol 2020 Feb;33(1):74-78. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000768. PMID: 31714263
The 'Neglected' Personal Neglect.
Caggiano P, Jehkonen M
Neuropsychol Rev 2018 Dec;28(4):417-435. Epub 2018 Dec 13 doi: 10.1007/s11065-018-9394-4. PMID: 30547412Free PMC Article
Personal neglect: A comprehensive theoretical and anatomo-clinical review.
Committeri G, Piervincenzi C, Pizzamiglio L
Neuropsychology 2018 Mar;32(3):269-279. doi: 10.1037/neu0000409. PMID: 29620402
Palinopsia.
Abert B, Ilsen PF
Optometry 2010 Aug;81(8):394-404. doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2009.12.010. PMID: 20655497

Diagnosis

History of Amusia.
Kawamura M, Miller MW
Front Neurol Neurosci 2019;44:83-88. Epub 2019 Apr 30 doi: 10.1159/000494955. PMID: 31220839
Functional auditory disorders.
Baguley DM, Cope TE, McFerran DJ
Handb Clin Neurol 2016;139:367-378. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801772-2.00032-1. PMID: 27719856
Auditory deficits in neurological disorders.
Przewoźny T, Gójska-Grymajło A, Szmuda T, Markiet K
Otolaryngol Pol 2015;69(5):29-43. doi: 10.5604/00306657.1170416. PMID: 26537643
Perceptual-motor dysfunction.
Finney GR
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2015 Jun;21(3 Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry):678-89. doi: 10.1212/01.CON.0000466660.82284.69. PMID: 26039848
Spatial neglect.
Li K, Malhotra PA
Pract Neurol 2015 Oct;15(5):333-9. Epub 2015 May 28 doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2015-001115. PMID: 26023203Free PMC Article

Therapy

Unilateral Spatial Neglect Recovery Poststroke.
Durfee AZ, Hillis AE
Stroke 2023 Jan;54(1):10-19. Epub 2022 Dec 21 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.041710. PMID: 36542072
Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke.
Hazelton C, Thomson K, Todhunter-Brown A, Campbell P, Chung CS, Dorris L, Gillespie DC, Hunter SM, McGill K, Nicolson DJ, Williams LJ, Brady MC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Nov 3;11(11):CD007039. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007039.pub3. PMID: 36326118Free PMC Article
Perceptual Disorders After Stroke: A Scoping Review of Interventions.
Hazelton C, McGill K, Campbell P, Todhunter-Brown A, Thomson K, Nicolson DJ, Cheyne JD, Chung C, Dorris L, Gillespie DC, Hunter SM, Brady MC
Stroke 2022 May;53(5):1772-1787. Epub 2022 Apr 25 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035671. PMID: 35468001Free PMC Article
Spatial Neglect and Anosognosia After Right Brain Stroke.
Barrett AM
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2021 Dec 1;27(6):1624-1645. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001076. PMID: 34881729Free PMC Article
Cognitive rehabilitation for spatial neglect following stroke.
Bowen A, Hazelton C, Pollock A, Lincoln NB
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Jul 1;2013(7):CD003586. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003586.pub3. PMID: 23813503Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Unilateral Spatial Neglect Recovery Poststroke.
Durfee AZ, Hillis AE
Stroke 2023 Jan;54(1):10-19. Epub 2022 Dec 21 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.041710. PMID: 36542072
An Active Inference Approach to Interoceptive Psychopathology.
Paulus MP, Feinstein JS, Khalsa SS
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 2019 May 7;15:97-122. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050718-095617. PMID: 31067416Free PMC Article
The ecological assessment of unilateral neglect.
Azouvi P
Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2017 Jun;60(3):186-190. Epub 2016 Jan 29 doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2015.12.005. PMID: 26830087
Auditory deficits in neurological disorders.
Przewoźny T, Gójska-Grymajło A, Szmuda T, Markiet K
Otolaryngol Pol 2015;69(5):29-43. doi: 10.5604/00306657.1170416. PMID: 26537643
Auditory imperception.
Merifield DO, Hall CM, Merrell HB
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1976 Mar-Apr;85(2 pt.1):255-9. doi: 10.1177/000348947608500210. PMID: 1267329

Clinical prediction guides

Neural mechanisms of psychosis vulnerability and perceptual abnormalities in the ALS-FTD spectrum.
Devenney EM, Tu S, Caga J, Ahmed RM, Ramsey E, Zoing M, Kwok J, Halliday GM, Piguet O, Hodges JR, Kiernan MC
Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2021 Aug;8(8):1576-1591. Epub 2021 Jun 22 doi: 10.1002/acn3.51363. PMID: 34156763Free PMC Article
Examining Anosognosia of Neglect.
Grattan ES, Skidmore ER, Woodbury ML
OTJR (Thorofare N J) 2018 Apr;38(2):113-120. Epub 2017 Dec 18 doi: 10.1177/1539449217747586. PMID: 29251546Free PMC Article
Correlation between Voice and Auditory Processing.
Ramos JS, Feniman MR, Gielow I, Silverio KCA
J Voice 2018 Nov;32(6):771.e25-771.e36. Epub 2017 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2017.08.011. PMID: 28967586
Cognition and brain function in schizotypy: a selective review.
Ettinger U, Mohr C, Gooding DC, Cohen AS, Rapp A, Haenschel C, Park S
Schizophr Bull 2015 Mar;41 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S417-26. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbu190. PMID: 25810056Free PMC Article
Basic symptoms and the prediction of first-episode psychosis.
Schultze-Lutter F, Ruhrmann S, Fusar-Poli P, Bechdolf A, Schimmelmann BG, Klosterkötter J
Curr Pharm Des 2012;18(4):351-7. doi: 10.2174/138161212799316064. PMID: 22239566

Recent systematic reviews

Virtual reality rehabilitation for unilateral spatial neglect: A systematic review of immersive, semi-immersive and non-immersive techniques.
Salatino A, Zavattaro C, Gammeri R, Cirillo E, Piatti ML, Pyasik M, Serra H, Pia L, Geminiani G, Ricci R
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2023 Sep;152:105248. Epub 2023 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105248. PMID: 37247829
Interventions for perceptual disorders following stroke.
Hazelton C, Thomson K, Todhunter-Brown A, Campbell P, Chung CS, Dorris L, Gillespie DC, Hunter SM, McGill K, Nicolson DJ, Williams LJ, Brady MC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Nov 3;11(11):CD007039. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007039.pub3. PMID: 36326118Free PMC Article
Prevalence of spatial neglect post-stroke: A systematic review.
Esposito E, Shekhtman G, Chen P
Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2021 Sep;64(5):101459. Epub 2021 Sep 24 doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2020.10.010. PMID: 33246185
Perception in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Fuermaier ABM, Hüpen P, De Vries SM, Müller M, Kok FM, Koerts J, Heutink J, Tucha L, Gerlach M, Tucha O
Atten Defic Hyperact Disord 2018 Mar;10(1):21-47. Epub 2017 Apr 11 doi: 10.1007/s12402-017-0230-0. PMID: 28401487
Cognitive rehabilitation for spatial neglect following stroke.
Bowen A, Hazelton C, Pollock A, Lincoln NB
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Jul 1;2013(7):CD003586. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003586.pub3. PMID: 23813503Free PMC Article

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