Journal article
Testing visual perception in dementia with lewy bodies and alzheimer disease
JS Wood, MJ Firbank, UP Mosimann, R Watson, R Barber, AM Blamire, JT O'Brien
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2013
Abstract
Objective: Visuoperceptual deficits are common in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer disease (AD). Testing visuoperception in dementia is complicated by decline in other cognitive domains and extrapyramidal features. To overcome these issues, we developed a computerized test, the Newcastle visuoperception battery (NEVIP), which is independent of motor function and has minimal cognitive load.We aimed to test its utility to identify visuoperceptual deficits in people with dementia. Participants and Measurements: We recruited 28 AD and 26 DLB participants with 35 comparison participants of similar age and education. The NEVIP was used to test angle, color, and form discrimination alo..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "This work was supported by the UK NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ageing and Ageerelated disease award to the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The authors thank the Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (North East DeNDRoN), Karen Morgan, Barbara Wilson, Jenny Brown, and Christine Jackson for their assistance with recruitment and assessment of participants. This experiment was realized using Cogent 2000 developed by the Cogent 2000 team at the FIL and the ICN and Cogent Graphics developed by John Romaya at the LON at the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience. Thanks is also given to all the study participants and their families for their time and support with this study.", "The study was funded by the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust (grant no. 05/JTA) and the UK NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ageing and Ageerelated disease award to the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (grant no. Newcastle BRC)." ]