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Self-motion perception heads for home

Sensations from the neck and the inner ear may play critical roles in monitoring where you are headed.

 

References:

Crowell, J.A., et al. 1998. Visual self-motion perception during head turns. Nature Neuroscience 1(December):732.

Warren, W.H. 1998. Perception of heading is a brain in the neck. Nature Neuroscience 1(December):647.

 

Sources:

James A. Crowell
California Institute of Technology
Division of Biology
Mailstop Code 216-76
1200 East California Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91125

William H. Warren
Brown University
Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
Box 1978
Providence, RI 02912

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 21, November 21, 1998, p. 324. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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