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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]

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
Characteristics of Auditory Processing Disorders: A Systematic Review.
de Wit E, Visser-Bochane MI, Steenbergen B, van Dijk P, van der Schans CP, Luinge MR
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2016 Apr 1;59(2):384-413. doi: 10.1044/2015_JSLHR-H-15-0118. PMID: 27082630
Model of music cognition and amusia.
García-Casares N, Berthier Torres ML, Froudist Walsh S, González-Santos P
Neurologia 2013 Apr;28(3):179-86. Epub 2011 Jun 11 doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2011.04.010. PMID: 21658819
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
Editorial: Auditory Processing Disorder.
Moore DR
Ear Hear 2018 Jul/Aug;39(4):617-620. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000582. PMID: 29664753Free PMC Article
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
Olfactory Reference Disorder: Diagnosis, Epidemiology and Management.
Thomas E, du Plessis S, Chiliza B, Lochner C, Stein D
CNS Drugs 2015 Dec;29(12):999-1007. doi: 10.1007/s40263-015-0292-5. PMID: 26563195
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

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
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
Akinetopsia on Driving.
Maeda K
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2019 Jul;28(7):e102-e103. Epub 2019 Apr 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.02.036. PMID: 31036340
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
Time perception distortion in neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders.
Teixeira S, Machado S, Paes F, Velasques B, Silva JG, Sanfim AL, Minc D, Anghinah R, Menegaldo LL, Salama M, Cagy M, Nardi AE, Pöppel E, Bao Y, Szelag E, Ribeiro P, Arias-Carrión O
CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 2013 Aug;12(5):567-82. doi: 10.2174/18715273113129990080. PMID: 23844680

Clinical prediction guides

Does hallucination perceptual modality impact psychosis risk?
Niles HF, Walsh BC, Woods SW, Powers AR 3rd
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2019 Oct;140(4):360-370. Epub 2019 Aug 16 doi: 10.1111/acps.13078. PMID: 31355420Free 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
Non-pharmacological interventions for spatial neglect or inattention following stroke and other non-progressive brain injury.
Longley V, Hazelton C, Heal C, Pollock A, Woodward-Nutt K, Mitchell C, Pobric G, Vail A, Bowen A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Jul 1;7(7):CD003586. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003586.pub4. PMID: 34196963Free 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
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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