title: Repetitive long-term prism adaptation permanently improves the detection of contralesional visual stimuli in a patient with chronic neglect.
abstract: The aim of the current study was to investigate long-term effects in spatial awareness after daily exposure to prism adaptation during three months in a patient with hemispatial neglect. Results showed improvement in the detection of stimuli in the contralesional visual field, as measured with perimetry, in the contralesional visual field up to 24 months after ending prism adaptation. These perimetrical results suggest that compensatory eye movements are an unlikely candidate for an underlying mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Helmholtz Institute, Department of Experimental Psychology, The Netherlands. t.c.w.nijboer@uu.nl
authors.forename: Tanja C W
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Nijboer
authors.forename: Gudrun M S
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Nys
authors.forename: Maarten J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van der Smagt
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van der Stigchel
authors.forename: H Chris
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Dijkerman
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology