Vestibular information is necessary for maintaining metric properties of representational space: Evidence from mental imagery

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3136-3144

  Péruch, Patrick ^a   Lopez, Christophe ^b   Redon Zouiteni, Christine ^c   Escoffier, Guy ^c   Zeitoun, Alain ^d   Sanjuan, Mélanie ^e   Devèze, Arnaud ^e   Magnan, Jacques ^c,e   Borel, Liliane ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Cabinet de Kinésithérapie   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Meni re's disease; Mental imagery; Object based mental transformations; Spatial ability; Vestibular compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE SURGERY; UNILATERAL VESTIBULAR NEUROTOMY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051802953     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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