Visual perception and interception of falling objects: A review of evidence for an internal model of gravity

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Zago, Myrka ^a   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EXTRAPOLATION; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ARBITRARY ACCELERATIONS; EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD; TIME-TO-CONTACT; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

GRAVITY; KINEMATICS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARM; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR;

EID: 24044447238     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/2/3/S04     Document Type: Review

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