Anyone who's had to find his or her way through a darkened room can appreciate that nonvisual cues play a large role in our sense of movement. What might be less apparent is that not all such cues ...

Neuroscientists have identified a circuit in the primary visual cortex (V1) of the brain that integrates head- and visual-motion signals. The study elucidates the mechanisms by which visual and ...

It is also true that, for at least some of these systems, if the stimulus is entirely absent during a critical developmental period, the system will not become properly established in the first place.

Rabbitt and Highstein found that, in both the auditory and the vestibular systems, the hair cell response exhibits "compressional nonlinearity": The lower the strength of the stimulus, the more ...

Imagine a world where the earth wavered with every step, where you couldn’t tell up from down in a dark room, or where walking on a soft carpet threw you off balance. That’s the reality for ...

Balance is important to maintain in many aspects of life, but the most important may be your body's sense of balance—also known as vestibular sense—which keeps you upright when moving or standing.

This vestibular sense has a lot to do with the rhythmic aspects of singing. So pick a run that you do or a riff, do these drills, and then sing it. See if it feels any easier after you do them.