A growing body of literature suggests the inner ear vestibular system has a substantial
impact on cognitive function. The strongest evidence exists in connecting vestibular function …

Self-consciousness is the remarkable human experience of being a subject: the “I”. Self-
consciousness is typically bound to a body, and particularly to the spatial dimensions of the …

Background/aims Patients with vestibular disease have been observed to have concomitant
cognitive and psychiatric dysfunction. We evaluated the association between vestibular …

Behavioral studies in rodents and humans have demonstrated deficits of spatial memory
and orientation in bilateral vestibular failure (BVF). Our aim was to explore the functional …

In addition to the deficits in the vestibulo-ocular and vestibulo-spinal reflexes that occur
following vestibular dysfunction, there is substantial evidence that vestibular loss also …

The vestibular system has traditionally been thought of as a balance apparatus; however,
accumulating research suggests an association between vestibular function and psychiatric …

A growing number of studies in humans demonstrate the involvement of vestibular
information in tasks that are seemingly remote from well-known functions such as space …

Background Several studies have demonstrated cognitive deficits in patients with bilateral
vestibulopathy (BVP). So far, little attention has been paid to the hearing status of vestibular …

Objective Extensive animal research has shown that vestibular damage can be associated
with cognitive deficits. More recently, new evidence has emerged linking vestibular …

Objectives: Hearing loss is considered an independent risk factor for dementia. Growing
evidence in animal and human studies suggest that not only hearing loss but also vestibular …