Rehabilitation

Real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback. A perspective on applications for the rehabilitation of spatial neglect
Spatial neglect is a neuropsychological syndrome characterized by a failure to orient, perceive, and act toward the contralesional side …
Arnaud Saj, Jordan E. Pierce, Roberta Ronchi, Tomas Ros, Marine Thomasson, Thérèse Bernati, Dimitri Van De Ville, Andrea Serino, Patrik Vuilleumier
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A home-based prism adaptation training for neglect patients
Spatial neglect is a debilitating disorder frequently observed after damage to the right cerebral hemisphere. Previous investigations …
Paola Fortis, Roberta Ronchi, Valeria Velardo, Elena Calzolari, Elisabetta Banco, Lorella Algeri, Maria Simonetta Spada, Giuseppe Vallar
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Improving left spatial neglect through music scale playing
The study assessed whether the auditory reference provided by a music scale could improve spatial exploration of a standard musical …
Nicolò Francesco Bernardi, Maria Cristina Cioffi, Roberta Ronchi, Angelo Maravita, Emanuela Bricolo, Luca Zigiotto, Laura Perucca, Giuseppe Vallar
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Exploring the effects of ecological activities during exposure to optical prisms in healthy individuals
Prism adaptation improves a wide range of manifestations of left spatial neglect in right-brain-damaged patients. The typical paradigm …
Paola Fortis, Roberta Ronchi, Elena Calzolari, Marcello Gallucci, Giuseppe Vallar
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Rehabilitating patients with left spatial neglect by prism exposure during a visuomotor activity
OBJECTIVE. Adaptation to prisms displacing the visual scene rightward is a therapeutic tool for left unilateral spatial neglect (USN). …
Paola Fortis, Angelo Maravita, Marcello Gallucci, Roberta Ronchi, Elena Grassi, Irene Senna, Laura Olgiati, Laura Perrucca, Elisabetta Banco, Lucio Posteraro, Luigi Tesio, Giuseppe Vallar
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