From the model of quality life and person-centered care (Kitwood, 1997), we present a case study with aim evaluating benefit Snoezelen multisensory stimulation (SMS) in an 88-year-old subject unspecified dementia, GDS6, recurrent depressive disorder. For this purpose, pretest-posttest design was chosen, intervention consisting one weekly Snoezelen session for five weeks. To assess the...

An altered sense of one's own body is a common consequence of vestibular damage, and also of damage to vestibular networks in the right hemisphere. However, few experimental studies have investigated whether vestibular signals contribute to bodily awareness. We addressed this issue by combining an established experimental model of bodily awareness (Rubber Hand Illusion -RHI) with galvanic vesti...

Objectives: To reveal whether an accessible open floorplan Multisensory Stimulation Environment (MSSE) room design has a positive impact as nonpharmacologic intervention for episodes of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms Dementia (BPSD) in older adults living Memory Care Assisted Living (MCAL) facility well reducing the need direct care supervision. Methods:...

The study of pathologic behavioral phenomena following damage to the central nervous system has substantially contributed to our understanding of the normal organization of cognitive brain functions. The investigation of clinical extinction in neurological patients, for example, revealed that events occurring in the immediate proximity to the body (i.e. in near peripersonal space) undergo a hig...

The frequency of environmental vibrations is sampled by two of the major sensory systems, audition and touch, notwithstanding that these signals are transduced through very different physical media and entirely separate sensory epithelia. Psychophysical studies have shown that manipulating frequency in audition or touch can have a significant cross-sensory impact on perceived frequency in the o...