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Functional MRI neuroanatomic correlates of the Hooper Visual Organization Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2004

CHAD H. MORITZ ,
STERLING C. JOHNSON ,
KATHRYN M. MCMILLAN ,
VICTOR M. HAUGHTON  and
M. ELIZABETH MEYERAND
CHAD H. MORITZ
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison
STERLING C. JOHNSON
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison
KATHRYN M. MCMILLAN
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison
VICTOR M. HAUGHTON
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison
M. ELIZABETH MEYERAND
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison
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Abstract

The Hooper Visual Organization Test (VOT), a commonly applied neuropsychological test of visual spatial ability, is used for assessing patients with suspected right hemisphere, or parietal lobe involvement. A controversy has developed over whether the inferences of this test metric can be assumed to involve global, lateralized, or regional functionality. In this study, the characteristic visual organization and object naming aspects of the VOT task presentation were adapted to a functional MR imaging (fMRI) paradigm to probe the neuroanatomic correlates of this neuropsychological test. Whole brain fMRI mapping results are reported on a cohort of normal subjects. Bilateral fMRI responses were found predominantly in the posterior brain, in regions of superior parietal lobules, ventral temporal-occipital cortex, and posterior visual association areas, and to a lesser extent, the frontal eye fields bilaterally, and left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The results indicate a general brain region or network in which VOT impairment, due to its visuospatial and object identification demands, is possible to be detected. Discussion is made of interpretive limitations when adapting neuropsychological tests to fMRI analysis. (JINS, 2004, 10, 939–947.)

Keywords

Functional neuroimagingfMRIHooper Visual Organization Test
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 10 , Issue 7 , November 2004 , pp. 939 - 947
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© 2004 The International Neuropsychological Society

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