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A test revealing the slow acquisition and the dorsal stream substrate of visuo-spatial perception.

Abstract：

:We propose a battery of simple clinical tests to assess the development of elementary visuo-spatial perception. We postulate that most of the tasks we selected rely on the visual dorsal stream, although the dual-stream theory (Milner & Goodale, 1995) discards the role of the dorsal stream for visual perception. In order to test the contribution of this anatomical substrate in visuo-spatial perception, we evaluated the performance of two adult patients with acquired bilateral occipito-parietal (dorsal stream) damage. Additionally, the developmental evolution was assessed by testing 96 children from 4 to 12 years old (4 two-year age groups of 24 children). In order to determine the point at which children achieved adult performance, and to provide a control group for the two patients, we also tested a group of 14 healthy adults. The results highlighted the necessity for age-dependent normative values: adult performance was achieved only at the age of 8 for length and size comparisons and at 12 for dot localisation. In contrast, the ability to judge angles and midlines did not reach adult performance even in the oldest group of children, suggesting further acquisition through adolescence. Occipito-parietal lesions strongly and differentially affected elementary visuo-spatial tasks. In overall scores, the two adult patients were approximately at the level of 6-year olds, below the outlier limit of the adult group. They were on average within the adult interquartile range for processing length and size but clearly outside for the 4 other subtests (Angle, Midline, Position perception and Position selection). As a whole, these data both shed light on the neuroanatomical bases of visuo-spatial perception and allow for age-specific comparisons in children with developmental disorders potentially linked to visuo-spatial and/or attentional defects.

journal_name

Neuropsychologia

journal_title

Neuropsychologia

authors

Pisella L,André V,Gavault E,Le Flem A,Luc-Pupat E,Glissoux C,Barrière A,Vindras P,Rossetti Y,Gonzalez-Monge S

doi

10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.11.015

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-01-01 00:00:00

pages

106-13

issue

eissn

0028-3932

issn

1873-3514

pii

S0028-3932(12)00482-4

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A test revealing the slow acquisition and the dorsal stream substrate of visuo-spatial perception.