Mechanisms of human static spatial orientation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-388

  Bortolami, S B ^a   Rocca, S ^a   Daros, S ^a   DiZio, P ^a   Lackner, J R ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity; Orientation model; Otolith organs; Somatosensation; Spatial orientation; Subjective vertical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; FORCE; GRAVITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OTOLITH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SACCULUS; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS; TILTING; UTRICLE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPLIANCE; GRAVITATION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORIENTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747092794     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0387-9     Document Type: Article

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