2 Discussions
Hemineglect also referred to as hemiagnosia, hemispatial neglect or spatial neglect is an attention deficit syndrome that results because of an earlier acquired brain injury (Vleet, DeGutis, Dabit and Chiu, 2014). This is normally the case with 67% of all individuals with right-hemisphere brain damage (Vleet, DeGutis, Dabit and Chiu, 2014). The neglect is a compilation of similar spatial and non-spatial concentration deficits, which result after injury to the interconnected cortical or sub-cortical areas (Vleet, DeGutis, Dabit and Chiu, 2014). Patients will thus not be able to be aware of anything that exists in that neglected space.
Symptoms of this syndrome include poor navigation, which results in patients colliding into objects or neglecting hazardous objects. Additionally, the patient’s alertness and successive signal recognition is impaired (Vleet, DeGutis, Dabit and Chiu, 2014). Hemineglect is detected efficiently using non-spatial attention deficits rather than visuo-spatial deficits. Reduction in alertness and reduced attention affects the basic cognitive functions (Vleet, DeGutis, Dabit and Chiu, 2014). Treatments interventions include the use of behavioral techniques such as prism adaption and pharmacological interventions (Vleet, DeGutis, Dabit and Chiu, 2014).
Dissertation Proposal and Literature Review
Dissertation proposals take different forms such as a full research thesis for a doctoral and masters program or a short dissertation in case of an undergraduate program (Emmanuel and Gray, 2003). The proposal will generally provide an investigation of the research topic, provide past literature review on the subject, and provide the direction the student will undertake in research work and possible methodology or research design to be used by student (Emmanuel and Gray, 2003).
The literature review is in the dissertation proposal has a significant. According to Yan (2012), the literature review helps to highlight problems or issues not clearly addressed in past literature. Areas that have not been covered can be identified through a literature review and this helps prevent doing something that has already been covered.
References
Emmanuel, C., & Gray, R. (2003). Preparing a research proposal for a student research dissertation: a pedagogic note. Accounting Education, 12(3), 303-312.
Van Vleet, T., DeGutis, J., Dabit, S., & Chiu, C. (2014). Randomized control trial of computer-based rehabilitation of spatial neglect syndrome: the RESPONSE trial protocol. BMC Neurology, 14(1), 1-21.
Yan, C. (2012). The Writing Questions in Literature Review--Frequently Aroused in College Students' Opening Report. Asian Social Science, 8(11), 96-101
