Multisensory information for human postural control: integrating touch and vision

• Published in: Experimental brain research Vol. 134; no. 1; pp. 107 - 125
• Main Authors: Jeka, John, Oie, Kelvin S., Kiemel, Tim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 01.09.2000
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Linear Models; Models, Neurological; Motor control and motor pathways. Reflexes. Control centers of vegetative functions. Vestibular system and equilibration; Nonlinear Dynamics; Orientation - physiology; Posture - physiology; sensorimotor integration; Touch - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Visual Perception - physiology; Human; Tactile sensitivity; Sensorimotor coordination; Somesthesia; Vision; Nonlinearity; Neural integration; Motor control; Equilibrium point; Posture

Despite extensive research on the influence of visual, vestibular and somatosensory information on human postural control, it remains unclear how these sensory channels are fused for self-orientation. The focus of the present study was to test whether a linear additive model could account for the fu...