“Tricking the Brain” Using Immersive Virtual Reality: Modifying the Self-Perception Over Embodied Avatar Influences Motor Cortical Excitability and Action Initiation

To offer engaging neurorehabilitation training to neurologic patients, motor tasks are often visualized in virtual reality (VR). Recently introduced head-mounted displays (HMDs) allow to realistically mimic the body of the user from a first-person perspective (i.e., avatar) in a highly immersive VR environment. In this immersive environment,...

False positives associated with responder/non-responder analyses based on motor evoked potentials

Background: A trend in the non-invasive brain stimulation literature is to assess the outcome of an intervention using a responder analysis whereby participants are di- or trichotomised in order that they may be classified as either responders or non-responders. Objective: Examine the extent of the Type I error in motor evoked potential (MEP)...

KWELDERS EN SCHORREN in de Kaderrichtlijn Water: Ontwikkeling van Potentiële Referenties en van Potentële Goede Ecologische Toestanden / SALT MARSHES in the Water Framework Directive: Development of Potential Reference Conditions and of Potential Good Ecological Statuses

THIS ENTRY CONTAINS BOTH A DUTCH AND AN ENGLISH VERSION. FOR THE ENGLISH SUMMARY SCROLL DOWN. Ten behoeve van de maatlatontwikkeling voor de handhaving van de Europese Kaderrichtlijn Water worden in dit document twee parameters ontwikkeld voor de Nederlandse kwelders en schorren: 1. een areaal-referentie. De KRW gaat uit van een areaal...

Preliminary Study into Bird Research Methods for the MEP-NSW

The Dutch government policy is aimed at increasing the share of renewable energy in the national power supply. One of the possibilities in this regard is the use of wind power. In 1997, the Dutch cabinet decided to launch a marine-based pilot project, the Near Shore Wind Park (NSW). Experiences gained from this demonstration project will be...