OBJECTIVE The move toward better, more effective optical visualization in the field of
neurosurgery has been a focus of technological innovation. In this study, the authors' …

The degree to which mental representations of the body can be established and maintained
without somatosensory input remains unclear. We contrast two “deafferented” adults, one …

Multi-touch devices are widely used in our daily lives and the field of education. Users touch
the digital objects depicted on these devices directly with their hands and fingers. Prior …

" Quick Reference NeuroScience for Rehabilitation Professionals: The Essential Neurologic
Principles Underlying Rehabilitation Practice, Third Edition" is a user-friendly …

Healthy individuals perform a task such as hitting the head of a nail with an infinite
coordination spectrum. This motor redundancy is healthy and allows for learning through …

Facilitation of visual processing has been reported in the space near the hand. To
understand the underlying mechanism of hand proximity attention, we conducted …

The hand proximity effect (nearby hands influence visual processing) reflects the integration
of vision and proprioception for upcoming action; it is reduced when hand position is …

The proprioceptive sense provides somatosensory information about positions of parts of the
body, information that is essential for guiding behavior and monitoring the body. Few studies …

The proprioceptive sense is an important component in the sensory system, providing
position estimates for the parts of our body that are needed in order to guide behavior. While …

Background Surgery has greatly benefited from various technologic advancements over the
past decades. Surgery remains, however, mostly manual labor performed by well-trained …