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Self-motion perception training: thresholds improve in the light but not in the dark

Hartmann, Matthias
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Furrer, Sarah
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Herzog, Michael H.  
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2013
Experimental Brain Research

We investigated perceptual learning in self-motion perception. Blindfolded participants were displaced leftward or rightward by means of a motion platform and asked to indicate the direction of motion. A total of eleven participants underwent 3,360 practice trials, distributed over twelve (Experiment 1) or 6 days (Experiment 2). We found no improvement in motion discrimination in both experiments. These results are surprising since perceptual learning has been demonstrated for visual, auditory, and somatosensory discrimination. Improvements in the same task were found when visual input was provided (Experiment 3). The multisensory nature of vestibular information is discussed as a possible explanation of the absence of perceptual learning in darkness.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s00221-013-3428-1
Web of Science ID

WOS:000316825800008

Author(s)
Hartmann, Matthias
Furrer, Sarah
Herzog, Michael H.  
Merfeld, Daniel M.
Mast, Fred W.
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Springer

Published in
Experimental Brain Research
Volume

226

Issue

2

Start page

231

End page

240

Subjects

Self-motion thresholds

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Whole-body motion

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Perceptual learning

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Vestibular thresholds

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Vestibular learning

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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LPSY  
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April 5, 2013
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/91326
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