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Since Rossetti et al. (1998) reported that prism adaptation (PA) can lead to a
substantial reduction of neglect symptoms PA has become a hot topic in
neglect-research. More than 280 articles have been published in this area. Not
all of those studies investigated the therapeutic potential of this technique,
many studies examined the responsiveness to PA as a way to subdivide neglect into
separate subsyndromes, other studies focussed on the process of PA itself in an
effort to illuminate its underlying neurobiological mechanisms. In this article
we will review research in all of these three areas to determine whether and to
what extent research on PA in neglect patients has fulfilled its promise as a new
way to improve the treatment of neglect, enhance our understanding of this
complex syndrome and provide new insights into the neurobiology of sensorimotor
learning.
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