Galvanic vestibular stimulation reduces the pathological rightward line bisection error in neglect-A sham stimulation-controlled study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1219-1225

  Utz, Kathrin S ^a,c   Keller, Ingo ^b   Kardinal, Mareike ^a,c   Kerkhoff, Georg ^a,c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Schoen Clinic Bad Aibling   (Germany)

^c International Research Training Group 1457 Adaptive Minds   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Line bisection; Neglect; Neurotechnology; Recovery; Vestibular stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPATIAL NEGLECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79954422778     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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