Re: auditory hemi-neglect

[Bruno Repp <repp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter:

You might also want to look into Sophie Scott's research at UCL. I 
distinctly remember a paper of hers (It might have been in an edited 
book) in which she showed unilateral auditory neglect using a dichotic 
method. However, I cannot find the reference on her web site now.

--Bruno

Peter Lennox wrote:
> Ah! that's excellent, thanks - I always thought that there would turn out to be some analogue. The next step would be to turn up an analogue for blindsight
>
> Dr. Peter Lennox
> S.P.A.R.G.
> Signal Processing Applications Research Group
> University of Derby
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> > > > "Dennis P. Phillips" <Dennis.Phillips@xxxxxx> 04/24/08 1:58 PM >>>
> > > >         
> Hello Everyone:
>
> This is a followup to Peter Lennox's post of this morning, which 
> prompted the question of whether there is significant evidence for 
> auditory hemi-neglect.  There are some older case studies which 
> describe what might be an auditory analog of visual hemi-neglect. 
> See, for example, KM Heilman & E Valenstein (1972, Auditory neglect 
> in man.  Arch Neurol., 26: 32-35).  Apparently, work on the topic is 
> ongoing.  See L Spierer et al. (2007, Extinction of auditory stimuli 
> in hemineglect: Space versus ear.  Neuropsychologia, 45: 540-551).  I 
> hope that this helps.  Kind wishes,
>
> Dennis
>
>   


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