Kathleen E. Cullen

Visual motion does not bias gravity-referenced vestibular coding in the primate cerebellar nodulus and uvula

Visual motion is known to influence perceptions of tilt, verticality, and translation, suggesting that optic flow is combined with vestibular cues to estimate orientation relative to gravity. The cerebellar nodulus and ventral uvula (NU) are a prime candidate to perform this comp...

Distributed burst firing mediates optimized cortical encoding of natural self-motion

Accurate perception of self-motion requires that vestibular input be transformed into neural representations suitable for integrating multisensory cues to guide action. Here, we demonstrate that vestibular cortical neurons represent the self-motion stimuli encountered during ever...