14 & 15 July 2023,
Haarentor Campus (Uhlhornsweg): University Library Hall

Participation is free, but registration is required for organisational purposes.

Please register here (deadline 15 June 2023).

Attendance at this workshop is accredited for 10 CME points (continuing medical education).

If you need a hotel, you may find this helpful: https://www.oldenburg-tourismus.de/uebernachten

Opening of the meeting by Christiane Thiel (spokesperson for the RTG “Neuromodulation”) (13:00–13:10)

Session 1: Introductory clinical case presentations (13.10 – 14.15)

Helmut Hildebrandt (Bremen/Oldenburg)

                            Balint’s syndrome

                            Representation of the left side of the body in patients with neglect

                            A case with reaching impairments: what is the cause?

Session 2: Attentional models and interventions in visuospatial neglect (14.30 – 16.30)

(Moderator: Christiane Thiel, Oldenburg)

Simone Vossel (Jülich): Deficits in probabilistic inference in patients with neglect and potential implications for rehabilitation

Andreas Sprenger (Lübeck): Gaze-contingent modification can help to reduce ipsilesional attention bias

Nadine Schenke (Oldenburg/Bremen): Testing the Sprague effect with unilateral eye patching in left- and right-hemispheric patients following minor and major strokes

Brigitte Kaufmann (Lucerne): Video-Oculography During Free Visual Exploration – a sensitive method to detect neglect

Christoph Herrmann (Oldenburg): taCS and the modulation of visuospatial attention in healthy subjects

Riccardo Galli (Geneva): fMRI-based Neurofeedback Modulation of Visual Attention: Implications for Hemi-spatial Neglect Syndrome Rehabilitation

Session 3: Neuromodulation as a treatment option for visuospatial neglect (17.00 – 18.40)

(Moderator: Christoph Herrmann, Oldenburg)

Marij Middag-van Spanje (Maastricht): Transcranial alternating current stimulation in patients with chronic neglect: effective as an add-on to functional treatment?

Thomas Nyffeler (Lucerne): Theta Burst Stimulation in patients with neglect

Monika Harvey (Glasgow): Is neuromodulation (tDCS) a feasible tool for enhancing action training for the rehabilitation of chronic spatial neglect?

Bernhard Elsner (Lübeck): Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning, in people after stroke

Hans-Otto Karnath (Tübingen): Magnetic Vestibular Stimulation as a treatment option for patients with neglect

Session 4: Treatment options for patients with neglect and lateropulsion (8.45–10.15)

(Moderator: Andreas Sprenger, Lübeck)

Lisa Kunkel and Bode (Lübeck): Combined optokinetic stimulation and cueing-assisted reading therapy

Helmut Hildebrandt (Bremen): Recalibration, not realignment, improves visuospatial attention in patients with neglect. Results from an RCT using prism adaptation

Nadine Külzow (Beelitz-Heilstätten): Effects of end-effector-controlled gait training on walking ability in non-ambulatory patients with left-sided neglect

Anna E. Pape (Bremen): Is prism adaptation an option for treating Pusher syndrome?

Soraya Brosset (Geneva): EEG-based Neurofeedback Modulation of Visual Attention: Implications for Hemi-spatial Neglect Syndrome Rehabilitation

Session 5: Virtual and augmented reality, a new horizon for the treatment of neglect (10.45–12.15)

(Moderator: Andrea Hildebrandt, Oldenburg)

Dario Cazzoli (Lucerne): Eye-hand coordination in neglect: preliminary data from a project using augmented reality

Julia Belger (Leipzig): Application of immersive virtual reality for the assessment and cognitive rehabilitation of visuospatial neglect

Eileen Bousché (Utrecht): Gamification of visual scan training as a treatment for visuospatial neglect: an evaluation of therapists’ user experience in virtual and augmented reality environments

Hanne Huygelier (Leuven): Assessment and rehabilitation of neglect with a VR serious game (HEMIRehApp)

Britta Stammler (Tübingen): Active exploration training in spatial neglect with the new augmented reality app “Negami” ‒ a randomised controlled trial

Nergiz Turgut (Quito): Spatial Music in Neurorehabilitation