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Drissi H, Jurkiewicz T, Vialatte A, Khan AZ, Pisella L. Impact of macular scotoma and tubular vision on oculomotor behavior and performance in visuospatial comparison tasks. J Vis 2024; 24:2. [PMID: 39226068 PMCID: PMC11373732 DOI: 10.1167/jov.24.9.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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Our aim in this study was to understand how we perform visuospatial comparison tasks by analyzing ocular behavior and to examine how restrictions in macular or peripheral vision disturb ocular behavior and task performance. Two groups of 18 healthy participants with normal or corrected visual acuity performed visuospatial comparison tasks (computerized version of the elementary visuospatial perception [EVSP] test) (Pisella et al., 2013) with a gaze-contingent mask simulating either tubular vision (first group) or macular scotoma (second group). After these simulations of pathological conditions, all participants also performed the EVSP test in full view, enabling direct comparison of their oculomotor behavior and performance. In terms of oculomotor behavior, compared with the full view condition, alternation saccades between the two objects to compare were less numerous in the absence of peripheral vision, whereas the number of within-object exploration saccades decreased in the absence of macular vision. The absence of peripheral vision did not affect accuracy except for midline judgments, but the absence of central vision impaired accuracy across all visuospatial subtests. Besides confirming the crucial role of the macula for visuospatial comparison tasks, these experiments provided important insights into how sensory disorder modifies oculomotor behavior with or without consequences on performance accuracy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hind Drissi
- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM U1028, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM U1028, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM U1028, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSERM U1028, Bron, France
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6550-3774
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Drissi H, Mosquera J, Plaisant F, Vuillerot C, Gonzalez-Monge S, Pisella L. Visuospatial Perception in Prematurely Born Children Without Cerebral Palsy or Retinopathy but With Scholar Complaints. Dev Neuropsychol 2024; 49:207-224. [PMID: 38904205 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2024.2366217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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In the absence of any complaints in early childhood, preterm children remain more at risk of encountering academic difficulties, but their clinical picture remains not well characterized. We screened visuospatial perception in 70 children born preterm consulting for scholar complaints. Developmental Coordination Disorder (with or without comorbidities) was associated with high prevalence (27%) of impaired perception of spatial relationship. Prematurely born children who obtained no diagnosis of Neuro-Developmental Disorder exhibited a high prevalence (31%) of impaired perception of object magnitude. Regression revealed that low gestational age and fetal growth restriction significantly predicted the magnitude but not the spatial relationship perception.
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- Hind Drissi
- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Université de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Service de Rééducation Pédiatrique, Bron, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Service de Rééducation Pédiatrique, Bron, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Service de Rééducation Pédiatrique, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Université de Lyon, Bron, France
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Service de Rééducation Pédiatrique, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Université de Lyon, Bron, France
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Gauduel T, Blondet C, Gonzalez-Monge S, Bonaiuto J, Gomez A. Alteration of body representation in typical and atypical motor development. Dev Sci 2024; 27:e13455. [PMID: 37926863 DOI: 10.1111/desc.13455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) impacts the quality of life and ability to perform coordinated actions in 5% of school-aged children. The quality of body representations of individuals with DCD has been questioned, but never assessed. We hypothesize that children with DCD have imprecise body representations in the sensory and motor domains. Twenty neurotypical children, seventeen children with DCD (8-12 years old) and twenty neurotypical adults (25-45 years old) performed both sensory and motor body representation tasks: a limb identification and a limb movement task. We observed lower accuracy in the sensory task but not in the motor task. In both tasks, we observe a larger amplitude of errors, or synkinesis, in children with DCD than in neurotypical children. In neurotypical children, accuracy was lower than in neurotypical adults in the motor and sensory task, and the amplitude of sensory errors and synkinesis was higher than in neurotypical adults. Using a linear regression model, we showed that sensory accuracy is a good predictor of synkinesis production, and that synkinesis production is a good predictor of sensory accuracy, as can be expected by the perception-action loop. Results support the hypothesis of an imprecision of body representation in DCD. We suggest that this imprecision arises from noise in the body representation used at the level of internal models of action. Future studies may assess whether slower plasticity of body representations, initial imprecision, or both may account for this observation. At the clinical level, prevention strategies targeting body representation in early childhood are strategically important to limit such impairments. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Body representation is impaired in children with DCD and has a significant cost in terms of the accuracy of sensory identification of body parts and associated movements. Inaccuracies in the body representation measured in perception and in action (error amplitude and synkinesis) are related in both NT children and adults. In typical development, we provide evidence of a strong link between body schema and body image.
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- Thomas Gauduel
- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), INSERM U1028-CNRS UMR 5292, University of Lyon, Bron, France
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- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), INSERM U1028-CNRS UMR 5292, University of Lyon, Bron, France
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- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), INSERM U1028-CNRS UMR 5292, University of Lyon, Bron, France
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- CNRS UMR 5229, Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, Lyon, France
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- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), INSERM U1028-CNRS UMR 5292, University of Lyon, Bron, France
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Orefice C, Cardillo R, Lonciari I, Zoccante L, Mammarella IC. "Picture this from there": spatial perspective-taking in developmental visuospatial disorder and developmental coordination disorder. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1349851. [PMID: 38708023 PMCID: PMC11066165 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1349851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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Introduction Either Developmental Visuospatial Disorder (DVSD) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) present with difficulties in visuospatial processing, even though entailing different degrees of impairment. Among the visuospatial domain, spatial perspective taking is essential to interact with the environment and is significantly involved in many daily activities (e.g., environment navigation and spatial orienting). Notwithstanding, no previous studies have investigated this spatial domain in children with DVSD and limited evidence is available regarding DCD. Consistent with a transdiagnostic approach, the first goal of the present study was to compare spatial perspective taking abilities of these groups, also including a control group of not diagnosed peers (ND). Secondly, the role of different fine-motor and visuo-spatial predictors on the spatial perspective taking performance was considered. Method A total of 85 participants (DVSD = 26; DCD = 26; ND = 33), aged between 8 and 16 years old, were included in the study. Tasks assessing spatial perspective taking, fine-motor, visual imagery, and mental rotation skills, as well as visuo-spatial working memory were administered. Results and Discussion Overall, our results confirmed weaknesses in spatial perspective taking in both clinical groups, with the DVSD obtaining the lowest scores. Similarities and differences in the predictors accounting for the performance in the spatial perspective taking task emerged, suggesting the possible employment of different fine-motor or visuospatial strategies by group. Findings are discussed considering the potential impact they may have both in research and clinical practice.
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- Camilla Orefice
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University Pediatric Hospital “IRCCS Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy
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- Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit, Maternal-Child Integrated Care Department, Integrated University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Vialatte A, Chabanat E, Witko A, Pisella L. Toward the characterization of a visual form of developmental dyslexia: Reduced visuo-attentional capacity for processing multiple stimuli made of separable features. Cogn Neuropsychol 2023; 40:186-213. [PMID: 37858291 DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2023.2266179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Some dyslexics cannot process multiple letters simultaneously. It has been argued that this reduced visuo-attentional (VA) letter span could result from poor reading ability and experience. Here, moving away from reading context, we showed that dyslexic group exhibited slower visual search than normal readers group for "symbols", defined as graphic stimuli made up of separable visual features, but not for filled objects. Slowness in symbol visual search was explained by reduced VA field and atypical ocular behaviour when processing those letter-like stimuli and was associated with reduced VA letter span and impaired elementary visuo-spatial perception. Such a basic visual search deficit can hardly be attributed to poor reading ability and experience. Moreover, because it is specific to letter-like stimuli (i.e., "symbols"), it can specifically hinder reading acquisition. Symbol visual search can easily be tested in the pre-reading phase, opening up prospects for early risk detection and prevention of VA dyslexia.
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- Audrey Vialatte
- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), INSERM U 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Trajectoires, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), INSERM U 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Trajectoires, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Techniques de la Réadaptation, Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, CNRS UMR 5596, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), INSERM U 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Trajectoires, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Pisella L, Vialatte A, Martel M, Prost-Lefebvre M, Caton MC, Stalder M, Yssad R, Roy AC, Vuillerot C, Gonzalez-Monge S. Elementary visuospatial perception deficit in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dev Med Child Neurol 2021; 63:457-464. [PMID: 33314050 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM To assess the prevalence of elementary visuospatial perception (EVSP) deficit in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. METHOD Using a screening test designed and validated to measure dorsal EVSP ability, 168 children (122 males, 46 females; mean age 10y [SD 1y 10mo], range 4y 8mo-16y 4mo) diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), specific learning disorder (SLD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and/or oral language disorder were compared with a group of 184 typically developing children. We also tested 14 children with binocular vision dysfunction and no neurodevelopmental disorder. RESULTS Children with SLD scored below the interquartile range of typically developing children as frequently (59%) as children with DCD, but only 5% were severely impaired (i.e. scored as outliers). Children with DCD were the most severely impaired (22% of outliers), even more so when they exhibited a co-occuring disorder. Children with language disorder and those with binocular vision dysfunction scored similarly to the group of typically developing children. INTERPRETATION These results confirm the importance of assessing EVSP in the clinical evaluation of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, in particular those presenting with DCD or SLD. What this paper adds More than half of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) scored below the normal interquartile range on the elementary visuospatial perception (EVSP) test. More than half of children with specific learning disorder (SLD) scored below the normal interquartile range on the EVSP test. Twenty-two percent of children with DCD performed as outliers on the EVSP test. Children with language disorder and those with binocular vision dysfunction scored similarly to typically developing children.
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- Laure Pisella
- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), University de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), University de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), University de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), University de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (CRNL), University de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Service de Rééducation Pédiatrique, Bron, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Service de Rééducation Pédiatrique, Bron, France
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