Shift of the beating field of vestibular nystagmus: An orientation strategy?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-96

  Siegler, I ^a   Israel I ^a   Berthoz, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Beating field; Eye position; Human; Nystagmus; Self motion perception; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORIENTATION; ROTATION; SELF CONCEPT; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0032566743     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00671-5     Document Type: Article

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