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Perception of self-motion from visual flow
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Accurate and efficient control of self-motion is an important requirement for our daily behavior. Visual feedback about self-motion is provided by optic flow. Optic flow can be used to estimate the direction of self-motion ('heading') rapidly and efficiently. Analysis of oculomotor behavior reveals that eye movements usually accompany self-motion. Such eye movements introduce additional retinal image motion so that the flow pattern on the retina usually consists of a combination of self-movement and eye movement components. The question of whether this 'retinal flow' alone allows the brain to estimate heading, or whether an additional 'extraretinal' eye movement signal is needed, has been controversial. This article reviews recent studies that suggest that heading can be estimated visually but extraretinal signals are used to disambiguate problematic situations. The dorsal stream of primate cortex contains motion processing areas that are selective for optic flow and self-motion. Models that link the properties of neurons in these areas to the properties of heading perception suggest possible underlying mechanisms of the visual perception of self-motion.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lappe, M., Bremmer, F., & van den Berg, A. V.
- Affiliations
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Lappe, Markus
- Bremmer, Frank
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-09
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 329-336
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2106321929
- Cited by
- 430
- References
- 89
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Keywords
- self-motion perception, optical flow, heading estimation, retinal flow, eye movements, extraretinal signals, dorsal stream, oculomotor behavior
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