Otto-Joachim Grüsser, Wolfgang Guldin, Lawrence Harris, Johann-Christoph Lefèbre, and Max Pause
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195068207
- eISBN:
- 9780199847198
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195068207.003.0079
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Sensory and Motor Systems
The contribution of multimodal signals to the perception of head movements is discussed in this chapter. The experimental methods and the anatomic connections of the parieto-insular vestibular cortex ...
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The contribution of multimodal signals to the perception of head movements is discussed in this chapter. The experimental methods and the anatomic connections of the parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PVIC) in primates are presented here, as well as the description of the responses of single nerve cells in the PIVC to visual, vestibular, and somatosensory stimulation. The second part of this chapter contains a discussion of the latest psychophysical experiments performed in the laboratory with results that indicate the functional involvement of the PVIC beyond vection by optokinetic stimulation. It is concluded that the neurophysiological experiments performed provided strong evidence for the existence of a complex cortical neuronal network in the primate monitoring of the rotary movements of the head in space.Less
The contribution of multimodal signals to the perception of head movements is discussed in this chapter. The experimental methods and the anatomic connections of the parieto-insular vestibular cortex (PVIC) in primates are presented here, as well as the description of the responses of single nerve cells in the PIVC to visual, vestibular, and somatosensory stimulation. The second part of this chapter contains a discussion of the latest psychophysical experiments performed in the laboratory with results that indicate the functional involvement of the PVIC beyond vection by optokinetic stimulation. It is concluded that the neurophysiological experiments performed provided strong evidence for the existence of a complex cortical neuronal network in the primate monitoring of the rotary movements of the head in space.
