Regulation of Gaze and Body Equilibrium on the Basis of Spatial Orientation.

• Takahashi Masahiro

  慶応義塾大学医学部耳鼻咽喉科学教室

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 平衡制御における空間認知の意義

Abstract

To clarify the role of spatial orientation in maintaining balance during everyday activities, I present a spatial coordinates hypothesis and discuss the mechanisms controlling gaze, posture and locomotion. The self-space relationship may be recognized by reproducing surrounding space in the brain, irrespective of head movement, on the basis of perceiving gravity from the otolith endorgans, rotational and linear displacements from the semicircular canals and otoliths, and three-dimensional space from vision.<BR>Control of stance and upright locomotion should resemble control of gaze, both of which seem to be accomplished by feedforward regulation of a biological index (the center of gravity, gaze) toward a target (supporting foot, vi-sual target). These mechanisms must be clari-fied from the viewpoint of cognition, prediction and simultaneous programming of multiple motor systems during voluntary actions.

Journal

• Equilibrium Research

  Equilibrium Research 51 (2), 226-232, 1992

  Japan Society for Equilibrium Research

Keywords

• gaze
• stance
• locomotion
• active
• spatial orienatation

Details

• CRID: 1390001204946565376
• NII Article ID: 130000854955
• NII Book ID: AN00001485
• DOI: 10.3757/jser.51.226
• ISSN: 1882577X
• ISSN: 03855716
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/1993103334
• Text Lang: ja
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