Vestibular modulation of spatial perception

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Ferrè, Elisa R ^a   Longo, Matthew R ^b   Fiori, Federico ^b,c   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galvanic vestibular stimulation; Line bisection; Space perception; Unilateral spatial neglect; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINE BISECTION TASK; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN SENSATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 84886432770     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00660     Document Type: Article

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