Is an internal model of head orientation necessary for oculomotor control?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1039, Issue , 2005, Pages 314-324

  Barnett Cowan, Michael ^a   Dyde, Richard T ^a   Harris, Laurence R ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Gravity; Internal model; Otoliths; Perception; Tilt translation; Torsion; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MOVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PERCEPTION; SUPINE POSITION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 22144462433     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1325.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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