Visual-Vestibular Integration in Challenging Environments

This Element reviews the current state of what is known about the visual and vestibular contributions to our perception of self-motion and orientation with an emphasis on the central role that gravity plays in these perceptions. It also reviews the effects of impoverished challenging environments that do not provide full information.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Self-motion perception; 3. Mechanisms of self-motion perception; 4. Orientation perception; 5. Mechanisms of orientation perception; 6. Visual−Vestibular interactions in challenging environments; 7. The future; References.

Summary

This Element reviews the current state of what is known about the visual and vestibular contributions to our perception of self-motion and orientation with an emphasis on the central role that gravity plays in these perceptions. It also reviews the effects of impoverished challenging environments that do not provide full information.

Product details

• Authors: Laurence R. Harris, Laurence R. (York University) Jenkin Harris, Harris Laurence R., Michael Jenkin, Jenkin Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009518567
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0951856-7
• No. of pages: 90
• Series: Elements in Perception
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Virtual Reality, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Sensory and motor systems