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‹ Tue · 7 Jul 2026
Promising but preliminary

Eye-tracking phenotypes reveal clinically meaningful heterogeneity of attention and executive control dysfunction after stroke.

BACKGROUND: Post-stroke impairments in attention and executive control are common and clinically relevant, whereas conventional neuropsychological tests mainly capture task outcomes and provide limited information about process-level task behavior. These findings suggest that eye tracking may provide process-level information complementary to conventional assessment of post-stroke attention and executive-control dysfunction.

BACKGROUND: Post-stroke impairments in attention and executive control are common and clinically relevant, whereas conventional neuropsychological tests mainly capture task outcomes and provide limited information about process-level task behavior. These findings suggest that eye tracking may provide process-level information complementary to conventional assessment of post-stroke attention and executive-control dysfunction.

What the study was

Study design
Case-control study
Category
Other
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation

Why it surfaced

Relevant Sentinel scan study (promising preliminary signal) meets standard-priority threshold.

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