Simulated self-motion in a visual gravity field: Sensitivity to vertical and horizontal heading in the human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-124

  Indovina, Iole ^a,b   Maffei, Vincenzo ^a,b   Pauwels, Karl ^c   Macaluso, Emiliano ^a   Orban, Guy A ^d   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FMRI; Heading; Hippocampus; Horizontal; Insula; Vertical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORIZONTAL SELF MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; OPTIC FLOW; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VERTICAL SELF MOTION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873135055     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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