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Vestibular contributions to online reach execution are processed via mechanisms with knowledge about limb biomechanics

2021; American Physiological Society; Volume: 125; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1152/jn.00688.2019

1522-1598

Christophe Z. Martin, Philippe Lapierre, Simon Haché, Diderot Lucien, Andrea M. Green,

Tactile and Sensory Interactions

Studies examining proprioceptive and visual contributions to rapid corrections for externally applied mechanical and spatial perturbations during reaching have provided evidence for flexible processing of sensory feedback that accounts for musculoskeletal system dynamics. Notably, however, such perturbations commonly arise from our body’s own motion. In line with this, we provide compelling evidence that, similar to proprioceptive and visual signals, vestibular signals are processed for online reach control via sophisticated mechanisms that incorporate knowledge of limb biomechanics.