ReviewHandbook of clinical neurology2018
Gravity estimation and verticality perception.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Misperception of body verticality in neurological disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Sensorimotor and Sex Influence on Spatial Orientation when Sitting and Standing.Perceptual and motor skills · 2026Article
- Cup-to-Disc Ratio Is Associated with Disability in Multiple Sclerosis: A Combined OCT and Subjective Visual Vertical Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Moving Beyond Technique: A Conceptual Perspective for the Cuevas Medek Exercise Aligned with Modern Neuroscience.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Visual modulation of vestibular-evoked balance response disturbed by posterior cortical atrophy.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Galvanic vestibular stimulation alters the sense of upright.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Toward Standardized Assessment of Dynamic Subjective Visual Vertical: Effects of Visual Stimulus Intensity in Health and Multiple Sclerosis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- The world through infant eyes: Evidence for the early emergence of the cardinal orientation bias.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- The futuristic manifolds of REM sleep.Journal of sleep research · 2025Review
- Altered gravity and time perception: a brief review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- What is Balance? A Vital Mechano-Regulation Paradigm.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2025Article
- Proprioception and its relationship with range of motion in hypermobile and normal mobile children.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
- Graviception Uncertainty, Spatial Anxiety, and Derealization in Patients with Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Evolutionarily conserved brainstem architecture enables gravity-guided vertical navigation.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- Sensory Reweighting System Differences on Vestibular Feedback With Increased Task Constraints in Individuals With and Without Chronic Ankle Instability.Journal of athletic training · 2024Article
- Asymmetry of the Subjective Visual Vertical in Patients With Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular Deficit.Journal of audiology & otology · 2024Article
- A brainstem circuit for gravity-guided vertical navigation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Nortriptyline-Induced Room Tilt Illusion.Cureus · 2024Article
- Dynamic changes of the direction and angle of radiographic ocular lateral deviation in patients with lateropulsion after stroke onset.Journal of neurology · 2023Article
- Assessment of the perception of vertical subjectivity in children born preterm.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Gravity is a defining force that governs the evolution of mechanical forms, shapes and anchors our perception of the environment, and imposes fundamental constraints on our interactions with the world. Within the animal kingdom, humans are relatively unique in having evolved a vertical, bipedal posture. Although a vertical posture confers numerous benefits, it also renders us less stable than quadrupeds, increasing susceptibility to falls. The ability to accurately and precisely estimate our orientation relative to gravity is therefore of utmost importance. Here we review sensory information and computational processes underlying gravity estimation and verticality perception. Central to gravity estimation and verticality perception is multisensory cue combination, which serves to improve the precision of perception and resolve ambiguities in sensory representations by combining information from across the visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems. We additionally review experimental paradigms for evaluating verticality perception, and discuss how particular disorders affect the perception of upright. Together, the work reviewed here highlights the critical role of multisensory cue combination in gravity estimation, verticality perception, and creating stable gravity-centered representations of our environment.
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