VR based Training of compensatory strategies for neglect patients

Unilateral neglect is a clinical term to describe a family of variable behavioural symptoms characterized by the patient’s failure to attend or respond to objects or people in selective parts of space (Robertson, 1999). The main problem with traditional treatment of neglect is that the effects of therapy for the activities of daily life are small. This may be explained by rather abstract nature of existing treatments protocols. In this study we want to test the hypothesis that training of compensatory strategies for neglect patients in a virtual immersive three-dimensional environment that is ecological valid will result in larger treatments effect compared to current treatments programs.