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This way up: illusions and internal models in the vestibular system

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Two recent papers demonstrate that the vestibular system transforms raw sensory data into a sophisticated internal model of head orientation and movement.

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Figure 1: Anatomy of the vestibular system.
Figure 2: Gravitational and inertial forces have identical effects on the otolith organs.
Figure 3: Experimental design of Merfeld and colleagues.

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Snyder, L. This way up: illusions and internal models in the vestibular system. Nat Neurosci 2, 396–398 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/8056

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