Balancing awareness: Vestibular signals modulate visual consciousness in the absence of awareness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 289-297

  Salomon, Roy ^a   Kaliuzhna, Mariia ^a   Herbelin, Bruno ^a   Blanke, Olaf ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body consciousness; Consciousness; Continuous flash suppression; Multisensory integration; Vestibular stimulation; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINUOUS FLASH SUPPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937422283     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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