Multisensory integration in spatial orientation

Recent psychophysical studies on normal subjects, as well as brain imaging studies, have revised the concepts concerning the mechanisms underlying spatial orientation during navigation tasks. The emphasis has been put on internal models that allow the prediction of a planned trajectory and are essen...

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Published in:Current opinion in neurobiology 1999-12, Vol.9 (6), p.708-712
Main Authors: Berthoz, A, Viaud-Delmon, I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Emotions
Humans
Life Sciences
Neurons and Cognition
Orientation - physiology
Psychology and behavior
Sensation - physiology
Sex Characteristics
Space life sciences
Spatial Behavior - physiology
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Summary:Recent psychophysical studies on normal subjects, as well as brain imaging studies, have revised the concepts concerning the mechanisms underlying spatial orientation during navigation tasks. The emphasis has been put on internal models that allow the prediction of a planned trajectory and are essential in the steering of locomotion. Cognitive factors such as strategies and emotional parameters are now starting to be included in the research on spatial orientation. It is obvious that important individual and gender differences exist in the brain operations underlying spatial orientation in humans, which may help to understand the construction of a coherent perception and the organic neural disorders related to the internal representation of space.
ISSN:0959-4388
DOI:10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00041-0