Mental representation of space in vestibular patients with otolithic or rotatory vertigo

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-461

  Clément, Gilles ^a   Fraysse, Marie José ^b   Deguine, Olivier ^a,b  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Gravity; Human visual perception; Mental representation; Visual illusions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MICROGRAVITY; OTHOLITHIC VERTIGO; OTOLITH; PERILYMPH FISTULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATORY VERTIGO; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ILLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAVITY SENSING; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERTIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849264247     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328326f815     Document Type: Article

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