does the integration of haptic and visual cues reduce the effect of a biased visual reference frame on the subjective head orientation的集成触觉和视觉线索减少偏见的影响视觉参考系的主观取向.pdfVIP

Does the Integration of Haptic and Visual Cues Reduce the Effect of a Biased Visual Reference Frame on the Subjective Head Orientation? 1 2 1,2 Marc Gueguen *, Nicolas Vuillerme , Brice Isableu 1 Univ Paris Sud, URCIAMS-Motor Control Perception team, Orsay, France, 2 AGIM (AGeing, Imagery, Modelling), FRE 3405, CNRS-UJF-UPMF-EPHE, AFIRM Team, Grenoble, France Abstract Background: The selection of appropriate frames of reference (FOR) is a key factor in the elaboration of spatial perception and the production of robust interaction with our environment. The extent to which we perceive the head axis orientation (subjective head orientation, SHO) with both accuracy and precision likely contributes to the efficiency of these spatial interactions. A first goal of this study was to investigate the relative contribution of both the visual and egocentric FOR (centre-of-mass) in the SHO processing. A second goal was to investigate humans’ ability to process SHO in various sensory response modalities (visual, haptic and visuo-haptic), and the way they modify the reliance to either the visual or egocentric FORs. A third goal was to question whether subjects combined visual and haptic cues optimally to increase SHO certainty and to decrease the FORs disruption effect. Methodology/Principal Findings: Thirteen subjects were asked to indicate their SHO while the visual and/or egocentric FORs were deviated. Four results emerged from our study. First, visual rod settings to SHO were altered by the tilted visual frame but not by the egocentric FOR alteration, whereas no haptic settings alteration was observed whether due to the egocentric FOR alteration or the tilted visual frame. These results are modulated by individual analysis. Second, visual and egocentric FOR dependency