Visual unilateral neglect:: (II) -: Rehabilitation

In this article we address an important issue related to the syndrome of neglect: its rehabilitation. We especially consider two different kinds of techniques. (1) Those that have been useful in the rehabilitation of some lateralized attentional components (e.g., bias in the automatic orientation of visual attention to the ipsilesional side); and (2) those addressed to the rehabilitation of non-lateralized components of attention (e.g., deficits in sustained attention). We also address the issue of maintaining the improvement reached in rehabilitation through time. Finally we propose some criteria which should be taken into consideration to design successful neglect rehabilitation programs.