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Book SynopsisIn this volume specific cognitive sub-functions are identified and indications of how basic vestibular input contributes to each are described. The broad range of these functions is consistent with the broad spread of vestibular projections throughout the cortex. Combining vestibular signals about the head’s orientation relative to gravity with information about head position relative to the body provides sufficient information to map body position onto the ground surface and underlie the sense of spatial position. But vestibular signals are also fundamental to sensorimotor control and even to high-level bodily perception such as the sense of body ownership and the anchoring of perspective to the body. Clinical observations confirm the essential role of vestibular signals in maintaining a coherent self-representation and suggest some novel rehabilitation strategies. The chapters presented in this volume are previously published in a Special Issue of Multisensory Research, Volume 28, Issue 5-6 (2015). Contributors are: M. Barnett-Cowan, O. Blanke, J. Blouin, G. Bosco, G. Bottini, J.-P. Bresciani, J.C. Culham, C.L. Darlington, A.W. Ellis, E.R. Ferrè, M. Gandola, L. Grabherr, S. Gravano, P. Grivaz, E. Guillaud, P. Haggard, L.R. Harris, A.E.N. Hoover, I. Indovina, K. Jáuregu Renaud, M. Kaliuzhna, F. Lacquaniti, B. Lenggenhager, C. Lopez, G. Macauda, V. Maffei, F.W. Mast, B. La Scaleia, B.M. Seemungal, M. Simoneau, P.F. Smith, J.C. Snow, D. Vibert, M. Zago, and Y. Zheng.
Trade Review"this book provides a lot of evidence for strong and functionally important vestibular influences on various cognitive functions, an aspect that deserves a lot more attention than it has gotten so far. This book is thus an excellent and timely step in the right direction and a helpful introduction for any scientist wanting to familiarize with this topic." Perception, 2018, p. 1-3, (DOI: 10.1177/0301006618774210)
Table of ContentsPreface E.R. Ferrè and L.R. Harris Prediction in the Vestibular Control of Arm Movements J. Blouin, J.-P. Bresciani, E. Guillaud and M. Simoneau The Components of Vestibular Cognition — Motion Versus Spatial Perception B.M. Seemungal Gravity in the Brain as a Reference for Space and Time Perception F. Lacquaniti, G. Bosco, S. Gravano, I. Indovina, B. La Scaleia, V. Maffei and M. Zago Contribution of Bodily and Gravitational Orientation Cues to Face and Letter Recognition M. Barnett-Cowan, J.C. Snow and J.C. Culham Internal Models, Vestibular Cognition, and Mental Imagery: Conceptual Considerations F.W. Mast and A.W. Ellis The Effects of Complete Vestibular Deafferentation on Spatial Memory and the Hippocampus in the Rat: The Dunedin Experience P.F. Smith, C.L. Darlington and Y. Zheng Making Sense of the Body: the Role of Vestibular Signals C. Lopez Vestibular–Somatosensory Interactions: A Mechanism in Search of a Function? E.R. Ferrè and P. Haggard Disrupting Vestibular Activity Disrupts Body Ownership A.E.N. Hoover and L.R. Harris Beyond the Non-Specific Attentional Effect of Caloric Vestibular Stimulation: Evidence from Healthy Subjects and Patients G. Bottini and M. Gandola Out-of-Body Experiences and Other Complex Dissociation Experiences in a Patient with Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular Damage and Deficient Multisensory Integration M. Kaliuzhna, D. Vibert; P. Grivaz and O. Blanke Vestibular Function and Depersonalization/Derealization Symptoms K. Jáuregui Renaud The Moving History of Vestibular Stimulation as a Therapeutic Intervention L. Grabherr, G. Macauda and B. Lenggenhager Index
