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Linear Self Motion Perception

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Tutorials on Motion Perception

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The purpose of this paper is to review some aspects of the current knowledge concerning linear self motion perception. An adequate perception of self motion is important for movement, locomotion (Review in Schöne, 1980), and in any situation in which man has to drive a machine or a vehicle; it requires the evaluation of head motion in space which can be accomplished either by the visual or the vestibular systems. The case of angular rotation has been extensively investigated: the main features of the semi-circular canals, their dynamic properties and the effect of their stimulation (by angular acceleration) on perception or motor control are well known (see for some reviews: Baker and Berthoz, 1977; Wilson and Melvill Jones, 1979). The characteristics of visually induced circular self motion perception (circular vection), and the interaction between semi-circular canals and vision in self motion perception have been reviewed by Dichgans and Brandt (1978) and by Leibowitz et al. (this volume).

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Berthoz, A., Droulez, J. (1982). Linear Self Motion Perception. In: Wertheim, A.H., Wagenaar, W.A., Leibowitz, H.W. (eds) Tutorials on Motion Perception. NATO Conference Series, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3569-6_6

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