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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Validation of "Neurit.Space": Three Digital Tests for the Neuropsychological Evaluation of Unilateral Spatial Neglect.

Gemma Massetti, Federica Albini, Carlotta Casati, Carlo Toneatto, Stefano Terruzzi, Roberta Etzi, Luigi Tesio, Alberto Gallace, Giuseppe Vallar

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Verbal and non-verbal recognition memory assessment: validation of a computerized version of the Recognition Memory Test.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gemma MassettiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Federica AlbiniNeuroMI-Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Carlotta CasatiNeuropsychological Laboratory, Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Carlo ToneattoDepartment of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2042-3038
Stefano TerruzziMiBTec-Mind and Behavior Technological Center, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Roberta EtziNeuroMI-Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Luigi TesioDepartment of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0980-1587
Alberto GallaceNeuroMI-Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Giuseppe VallarNeuroMI-Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7015-0117
University of Milano-Bicocca · ITIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients suffering from Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN) fail to pay attention to, respond to, and report sensory events occurring in the contralesional side of space. The traditional neuropsychological assessment of USN is based on paper-and-pencil tests, whose data recording and scoring may be subjected to human error. The utilization of technological devices can be expected to improve the assessment of USN. Therefore, we built Neurit.Space, a modified digital version of three paper-and-pencil tests, widely used to detect signs of USN, namely: Bells Cancellation, Line Bisection and Five Elements Drawing Test. Administration and data processing is fully automatic. Twelve right brain-damaged patients (six with and six without USN) and 12 age- and education-balanced healthy participants were enrolled in the study. All participants were administered both the computerized and the paper-and-pencil versions of the tests. The results of this preliminary study showed good sensitivity, specificity, and usability of Neurit.Space, suggesting that these digital tests are a promising tool for the evaluation of USN, both in clinical and in research settings.

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computerized assessmentdigital assessmentNeurit.Spaceneuropsychological assessmentunilateral spatial neglect

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PMID37109378
PMCPMC10143133
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