Systematic biases in the tactile perception of the subjective vertical in patients with unilateral neglect and the influence of upright vs. supine posture

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 298-308

  Funk, Johanna ^a   Finke, Kathrin ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^a   Preger, Rudolf ^b   Kerkhoff, Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Neurosurgical and Neurological Clinic Kipfenberg   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alertness; Hemineglect; Posture; Space perception; Subjective vertical; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNILATERAL NEGLECT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPINE POSITION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 71549159747     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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