TY - CHAP
T1 - Self-Motion Perception
T2 - Multisensory Integration in Extrastriate Visual Cortex
AU - Fetsch, Christopher R.
AU - Gu, Yong
AU - DeAngelis, Gregory C.
AU - Angelaki, Dora E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2012/9/20
Y1 - 2012/9/20
N2 - The accurate perception of self-motion is essential for spatial orientation, navigation, and motor planning. Estimating our instantaneous direction of translation, or heading, is a particularly relevant multisensory problem because it requires cross-modal integration even under ordinary conditions. This chapter discusses how heading perception is a useful model for studying the neural basis of multisensory integration for two main reasons. First, there are well-defined brain structures that receive both visual and vestibular signals related to self-motion (e.g., macaque areas MSTd and VIP). Second, the problem is amenable to study using a standard "fine" psychophysical discrimination task, for which there are already well-established behavioral and neurophysiological analysis methods.
AB - The accurate perception of self-motion is essential for spatial orientation, navigation, and motor planning. Estimating our instantaneous direction of translation, or heading, is a particularly relevant multisensory problem because it requires cross-modal integration even under ordinary conditions. This chapter discusses how heading perception is a useful model for studying the neural basis of multisensory integration for two main reasons. First, there are well-defined brain structures that receive both visual and vestibular signals related to self-motion (e.g., macaque areas MSTd and VIP). Second, the problem is amenable to study using a standard "fine" psychophysical discrimination task, for which there are already well-established behavioral and neurophysiological analysis methods.
KW - Heading perception
KW - Motor planning
KW - Multisensory integration
KW - Navigation
KW - Spatial orientation
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U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387247.003.0016
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387247.003.0016
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84921259620
SN - 9780195387247
BT - Sensory Cue Integration
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -