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  • 05-02-2008 9:51pm
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    prismro
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    Anyone interested in participating in my undergrad pscyhology project? It will take about 30 mins, in the Newman building...

    Perfect for between classes ! ;-)

    Details below...

    PR

    "Without investigation there will be no new Knowledge..." - Tyler Durden Fight Club



    Brief explanation of study - Participants will take part in a prism adaptation process. For this you will wear a pair of prim goggles which will slightly alter your sense of where your hand is when you try and point at something. However, over a short time, your brain will quickly learn that your hand doesn't go where you want it to, and make unconscious adjustments.

    So how does this tie into helping people who have had a stroke? People who have had a stroke often suffer from a phenomenon called spatial neglect; this means that they completely ignore one side of space (often the left side). This neglect can be successfully treated by using prism goggles, and partaking in a prism adaptation procedure (like you will in the study), but no one is sure how this actually works.

     “Rossetti, et al (1998) investigated the effect of prism adaptation on patients with hemispatial neglect following stroke. Rossetti et al argue that by altering the patients’ spatial representation through exposure to a visual shift induced by prism goggles, spatial neglect can be reduced. The results indicated that following adaptation, performance of the prism adapted neglect patients was dramatically improved compared to controls, as was shown on a line cancellation task. The researchers propose that this was due to a realignment of internal visual and proprioceptive “maps”, but a complete understanding of this has yet to be gained. An understanding of exactly how this amelioration is achieved could yield important insights into the mechanisms of spatial neglect”
    This study aims to gain insight into why this works.

    I'm trying to get as many people as possible for Saturday 16th and 23rd Feburary. If you would be interested in participating and can come to UCD on one of those days, PM me and we can arrange a time.

    Testing will also be taking place over the next three weeks in the evenings, so there are lots of opportunities to take part!

    There are no ill effects of taking part... there are no health warnings !
     This research adheres to the strictest ethical guidelines and is completely confidential / anonymous. There will be no way to identify participants from the data.

     Thanks

     PR


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