Canal-otolith interactions and detection thresholds of linear and angular components during curved-path self-motion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 765-773

  MacNeilage, Paul R ^a   Turner, Amanda H ^a   Angelaki, Dora E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; GRAVITY SENSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955932558     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01067.2009     Document Type: Article

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