UNASSIGNED: The study assessed whether the auditory reference provided by a music scale could improve spatial exploration of a standard musical instrument keyboard in right-brain-damaged @entity1 with left @entity1057 . As performing music scales involves the production of predictable successive pitches, the expectation of the subsequent note may facilitate @entity1 to explore a larger extension of space in the left affected side, during the production of music scales from right to left. Eleven right-brain-damaged @entity64 @entity1 with left @entity1057 , 12 @entity1 without neglect, and 12 age-matched healthy @entity1 played descending scales on a music keyboard. In a counterbalanced design, the @entity1 ' exploratory performance was assessed while producing scales in three feedback conditions: With congruent sound, no-sound, or random sound feedback provided by the keyboard. The number of keys played and the timing of key press were recorded. Spatial exploration by @entity1 with left neglect was superior with congruent sound feedback, compared to both Silence and Random sound conditions. Both the congruent and incongruent sound conditions were associated with a greater deceleration in all groups. The frame provided by the music scale improves exploration of the left side of space, contralateral to the right hemisphere, damaged in @entity1 with left neglect. Performing a scale with congruent sounds may trigger at some extent preserved auditory and spatial multisensory representations of successive sounds, thus influencing the time course of space scanning, and ultimately resulting in a more extensive spatial exploration. These findings offer new perspectives also for the rehabilitation of the disorder.

Improving left XXXX through music scale playing.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'participants'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity1057 :: ('MESH:D058069', 'Disease') :: ['spatial neglect']
@entity1057 :: (MESH:D058069,Disease) :: ['spatial neglect']
