Project “Multi-sensory integration to maintain balance”
The context
Maintaining balance requires the integration of information from different sensory systems: visual, vestibular, proprioceptive and haptic. These different senses are typically studied one by one, which leaves open the question of their integration. The IRIS team at ISIR brings together experts in postural control, haptics and visual-motor adaptation.
Objectives
The aim is to combine this expertise to study multi-sensory integration during balance perturbations, by combining perturbations that are :
– mechanical (via a perturbation platform),
– visual (in virtual reality)
– and haptic (with a ‘light touch’ device and haptic stimulation devices).
Partnerships and collaboration
The “Multi-sensory integration for balance maintenance” project is a federative project, internal to ISIR, which does not involve any collaboration outside the laboratory.
