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Treatment of Attention Disorders

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Attention Disorders After Right Brain Damage

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This chapter outlines several forms of intervention devised to treat attention disorders consequent to right hemisphere damage, and particularly visual neglect, which is the most severe and common of these conditions.

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Further Reading

  • Coulthard E, Singh-Curry V, Husain M. Treatment of attention deficits in neurological disorders. Curr Opin Neurol. 2006;19:613–8.

    Google Scholar 

  • Halligan PW, Bartolomeo P. Visual neglect. In: Ramachandran VS, editor. Encyclopedia of human behavior. 2nd ed. vol. 3. San Diego: Academic; 2012. p. 652–64.

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    Paolo Bartolomeo MD, PhD

  2. Department of Psychology, Catholic University, Milan, Italy

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Bartolomeo, P. (2014). Treatment of Attention Disorders. In: Attention Disorders After Right Brain Damage. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5649-9_9

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