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Vestibular contribution to three-dimensional dynamic (allocentric) and two-dimensional static (egocentric) spatial memory

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We thank Judy Benson for copy-editing the manuscript. The work was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Hertie Foundation and the German Research Foundation.

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  1. Institute for Clinical Neuroscience, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Brandt

  2. German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Brandt & Marianne Dieterich

  3. Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    Marianne Dieterich

  4. Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany

    Marianne Dieterich

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Brandt, T., Dieterich, M. Vestibular contribution to three-dimensional dynamic (allocentric) and two-dimensional static (egocentric) spatial memory. J Neurol 263, 1015–1016 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8067-6

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