Virtual signals of head rotation induce gravity‐dependent inferences of linear acceleration

• Published in: The Journal of physiology Vol. 597; no. 21; pp. 5231 - 5246
• Main Authors: Khosravi‐Hashemi, Navid, Forbes, Patrick A., Dakin, Christopher J., Blouin, Jean‐Sébastien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: electrical vestibular stimulation; gravito‐inertial ambiguity; internal model; Motion detection; Sensory neurons; spatial orientation; Vestibular system; gravito-inertial ambiguity; internal model; spatial orientation; electrical vestibular stimulation; vestibular system

Key points Considerable debate exists regarding whether electrical vestibular stimuli encoded by vestibular afferents induce a net signal of linear acceleration, rotation or a combination of the two. This debate exists because an isolated signal of head rotation encoded by the vestibular afferents c...