Michels, Sophia (2023) Digital Trail Making Test Performance in Individuals With Homonymous Hemianopia: The Effects of Visual Field Defect Location and Test Item Location on Task Performance. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The Trail Making Test (TMT) is a widely-used assessment tool in neuropsychological re- search and clinical practice. Despite the widespread use of the Trail Making Test (TMT), little is known about how individuals with homonymous hemianopia (HH) perform on the test. This study examines the TMT performance of individuals with HH in comparison to indivi- duals with acquired brain injury without visual defects (ABI w/o VFD) and neurologically healthy controls (HC). The study also examined whether the location of test items in the intact or blind hemifield had an impact on the TMT performance of individuals with HH. Results indicated that the HC group exhibited superior overall TMT performance compared to the other groups, as evidenced by their significantly shorter completion times on the TMT. No other significant differences in overall TMT performance between subjects with HH and sub- jects with ABI without visual field defects were found. Contrary to expectations, the location of test items in the blind or intact hemifield did not appear to have a significant effect on the TMT performance of individuals with HH. Additionally, the study found no significant dif- ference in the ability of individuals with ABI w/o VFD to detect test items located in the blind hemifield of individuals with HH, indicating that the presence or absence of visual field de- fects did not significantly affect TMT performance in this sample.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Tol, S. and Van der Feen, J.F. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Neuropsychology (CN) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2023 08:46 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2023 08:46 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1938 |
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