ArticleBiology letters2021
Where is my hand in space? The internal model of gravity influences proprioception.
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- Instilling the perception of weight in augmented reality using minimal haptic feedback.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Mental Gravity: Depression as Spacetime Curvature of the Self, Mind, and Brain.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Cognition in zero gravity: Effects of non-terrestrial gravity on human behaviour.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2023Article
- Perceptual Biases as the Side Effect of a Multisensory Adaptive System: Insights from Verticality and Self-Motion Perception.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Where is my hand in space? The internal model of gravity influences proprioception.Biology letters · 2021Article
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Abstract
Knowing where our limbs are in space is crucial for a successful interaction with the external world. Joint position sense (JPS) relies on both cues from muscle spindles and joint mechanoreceptors, as well as the effort required to move. However, JPS may also rely on the perceived external force on the limb, such as the gravitational field. It is well known that the internal model of gravity plays a large role in perception and behaviour. Thus, we have explored whether direct vestibular-gravitational cues could influence JPS. Participants passively estimated the position of their hand while they were upright and therefore aligned with terrestrial gravity, or pitch-tilted 45° backwards from gravity. Overall participants overestimated the position of their hand in both upright and tilted postures; however, the proprioceptive bias was significantly reduced when participants were tilted. Our findings therefore suggest that the internal model of gravity may influence and update JPS in order to allow the organism to interact with the environment.
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