Table 3.
Summary of studies of visual dysfunction in DLB
Examples of tests | Summary of findings | |
---|---|---|
Color vision | Farnsworth D-15 color arrangement [33], City University Color Vision Test [33], VPTA Color naming [33], NEVIP Color Discrimination [51] | Impaired compared to healthy controls and AD. |
Contrast Sensitivity | Low contrast letter charts [33] | Impaired compared to healthy controls and AD. |
Object identification and form or shape discrimination | Overlapping figures [52, 53], VPTA overlapping figures [54], VOSP object decision [33, 55], VOSP silhouette identification [55], illusory contours [54], Hooper visual organization test [56], NEVIP form discrimination [51], VOSP cube analysis [33, 55] | Impaired compared to healthy controls and AD. |
Letter recognition | Complete letters [57], Fragmented/Incomplete letters [55, 57, 58] | Complete letters normal but fragmented letters impaired. |
Texture identification | Real and image visual texture recognition [33] | Impaired compared to healthy controls and AD. |
Size and spatial orientation | Line orientation discrimination [8, 54], contour integration [8], size discrimination [52], size and angle discrimination [53], NEVIP angle discrimination [51] | Impaired compared to healthy controls and AD. |
Motion perception | Space and motion perception (dot position, motion perception, visual counting) [53], NEVIP car motion [51], DTVP position in space [33], dot motion perception [59]. | Impaired compared to healthy controls and AD. |
Mental rotation | Lego object rotation decision [8], block mental rotation task [60] | Impaired compared to healthy controls. |
Visual search | Parallel and serial feature searches [61, 62] | Impaired compared to healthy controls and AD. |
NEVIP: Newcastle Visuoperception Battery
VOSP: Visual object and space perception
VPTA: Visual Perception Tests for Agnosia
DTVP: Developmental Test of Visual Perception