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Modulation of Visually Induced Self-motion Illusions by α Transcranial Electric Stimulation over the Superior Parietal Cortex

Harquel, Sylvain  
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Cian, Corinne
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Torlay, Laurent
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January 1, 2024
Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience

The growing popularity of virtual reality systems has led to a renewed interest in understanding the neurophysiological correlates of the illusion of self-motion (vection), a phenomenon that can be both intentionally induced or avoided in such systems, depending on the application. Recent research has highlighted the modulation of alpha power oscillations over the superior parietal cortex during vection, suggesting the occurrence of inhibitory mechanisms in the sensorimotor and vestibular functional networks to resolve the inherent visuo-vestibular conflict. The present study aims to further explore this relationship and investigate whether neuromodulating these waves could causally affect the quality of vection. In a crossover design, 22 healthy volunteers received high amplitude and focused alpha-tACS (transcranial alternating current stimulation) over the superior parietal cortex while experiencing visually induced vection triggered by optokinetic stimulation. The tACS was tuned to each participant's individual alpha peak frequency, with theta-tACS and sham stimulation serving as controls. Overall, participants experienced better quality vection during alpha-tACS compared with control theta-tACS and sham stimulations, as quantified by the intensity of vection. The observed neuromodulation supports a causal relationship between parietal alpha oscillations and visually induced self-motion illusions, with their entrainment triggering overinhibition of the conflict within the sensorimotor and vestibular functional networks. These results confirm the potential of noninvasive brain stimulation for modulating visuo-vestibular conflicts, which could help to enhance the sense of presence in virtual reality environments.

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research article
DOI
10.1162/jocn_a_02074
Web of Science ID

WOS:001142496100008

Author(s)
Harquel, Sylvain  
Cian, Corinne
Torlay, Laurent
Cousin, Emilie
Barraud, Pierre-Alain
Bougerol, Thierry
Guerraz, Michel
Date Issued

2024-01-01

Publisher

Mit Press

Published in
Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience
Volume

36

Issue

1

Start page

143

End page

154

Subjects

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

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Alternating-Current Stimulation

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Vestibular Cortex

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Eeg

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Fmri

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Oscillations

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Perception

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Handedness

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Increases

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Dynamics

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System

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
UPHUMMEL  
FunderGrant Number

French National Research Agency

ANR-15-IDEX-02

IRBA

CNRS

173890

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February 21, 2024
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