Postural responses exhibit multisensory dependencies with discordant visual and support surface motion

• Published in: Journal of vestibular research Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 307 - 319
• Main Authors: Keshner, Emily A., Kenyon, Robert V., Langston, Jessica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2004
• Subjects: Acceleration; Adult; Biomechanical Phenomena; Head Movements - physiology; Humans; Leg - physiology; Motion Perception - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Postural Balance - physiology; Posture - physiology; Thorax - physiology; Visual Fields; Visual Perception - physiology; postural control; virtual reality; sensory re-weighting; vestibular; motion analysis

The purpose of this study was to identify how the postural system weights coincident yet discordant disturbances of the visual and proprioceptive/vestibular systems. Eleven healthy subjects (25–38 yrs) received either fore-aft translations of an immersive, wide field-of-view visual environment (0.1...