Interaction of vestibular, somatosensory and visual signals for postural control and motion perception under terrestrial and microgravity conditions - A conceptual model

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 118-135

  Mergner, Thomas ^a   Rosemeier, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Coordinate transformation; Human; Microgravity; Postural control; Vestibular visual somatosensory interaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MICROGRAVITY; MODEL; MOTION SICKNESS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0032213575     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(98)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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