Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation as an Innovative Treatment for Chronic Neglect Patients

Stimulation frequency and peak-to-peak intensity will be set to 10Hz and 1.5 milliampere (mA), phase offset will be set to 0 and 100 cycles will be used for ramping up. At the start of the neglect training session, the tACS will be started. When the neglect training session is finished, after maximally 40 minutes, the tACS will be switched off.

The most common treatment for neglect is VST, which is an intensive compensation training (see Dutch guidelines for rehabilitation of neglect: Ten Brink, Van Kessel, \& Nijboer, 2017). The aim of this training is to improve visual scanning behavior, that is, to encourage neglect patients to actively and consciously pay attention to stimuli on the contralesional side.