Modulation of biological motion perception in humans by gravity

Ying Wang; Xue Zhang; Chunhui Wang; Weifen Huang; Qian Xu; Dong Liu; Wen Zhou; Shanguang Chen; Yi Jiang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30347-y

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Modulation of biological motion perception in humans by gravity

Ying Wang,
Xue Zhang,
Chunhui Wang,
Weifen Huang,
Qian Xu,
Dong Liu,
Wen Zhou,
Shanguang Chen,
Yi Jiang

Affiliations

Ying Wang: State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xue Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chunhui Wang: National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering, China Astronaut Research and Training Center
Weifen Huang: National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering, China Astronaut Research and Training Center
Qian Xu: State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dong Liu: State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanguang Chen: National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering, China Astronaut Research and Training Center
Yi Jiang: State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30347-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Utilizing spaceflight and its ground-based analog, the authors show how the Earth’s gravity sustains the human brain’s orientation-dependent sensitivity to biological motion signals based on neural computations of visual and vestibular gravitational cues.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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