Implementing New Technologies to Improve Visual–Spatial Functions in Patients with Impaired Consciousness

Katarzyna Kujawa, Alina Żurek, Agata Gorączko, Roman Olejniczak and Grzegorz Zurek
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Katarzyna Kujawa: Department of Biostructure, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
Alina Żurek: Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland
Agata Gorączko: Department of Biostructure, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland
Roman Olejniczak: Neurorehabilitation Clinic in Wroclaw, 54-530 Wroclaw, Poland
Grzegorz Zurek: Department of Biostructure, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: The quality of life of patients with severe brain damage is compromised by, e.g., impaired cognitive functions and ocular dysfunction. The paper contains research findings regarding participants of an oculomotor training course aimed at the therapy of visual–spatial functions. Five male patients with brain damage who did not communicate, verbally or motorically, participated in the study. Over a six-week period, the subjects solved tasks associated with recognising objects, size perception, colour perception, perception of object structures (letters), perception of object structures (objects), detecting differences between images and assembling image components into the complete image with the use of an eye tracker. The findings present evidence of oculomotor training effectiveness based on a longer duration of the work with the eye tracker and improved visual–spatial functions.

Keywords: visual–spatial functions; impaired consciousness; brain damage; eye tracking; oculomotor training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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