Crossmodal integration of vestibular cues, attentional orienting and space representation
Multiple Paper Presentation

Fabrizio Doricchi
Universita’ degli Studi “La Sapienza” and Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome Italy

     Abstract ID Number: 223
     Last modified: June 8, 2006
     Presentation date: 06/19/2006 5:30 PM in Hamilton Building, McNeil Theatre
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Abstract
Vestibular organs feed the central nervous system with inputs that can be crucial for effective spatial perception and orientation. We review experimental evidence clarifying how vestibular stimulation drives attentional orienting in different sensory modalities during movements of the head and the body. This evidence allows correct interpretation of improvement of spatial neglect following caloric vestibular stimulation and provides new cues on the interpretation of sensory-motor spatial compatibility effects. Finally, we provide suggestions on the relationships between crossmodal integration and representation of space.

To be Presented at the Following Symposium:
Vestibular contribution to multisensory perception and movement control.
Other papers in this Symposium:

• Alain Berthoz
  College de France, Paris
  The role of the vestibular system in multisensory integration during navigation
• Stuart Smith
  School of Psychology, University College Dublin
  Multisensory self-motion estimation, old ideas and new data
• Peter Thier
  Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen
  Uwe Ilg
  Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen
  Peter W. Dicke
  Department of Cognitive Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen
  The integration of vestibular signals in parietal cortex contributing to observer-independent representations of the world