Vestibular labyrinth contributions to human whole-body motion discrimination

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 13537-13542

  Valko, Yulia ^a,c   Lewis, Richard F ^a,b,c   Priesol, Adrian J ^a,c   Merfeld, Daniel M ^a,c  

^a Departments of Otology and Laryngology   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84866654249     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2157-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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