The Implications of a Cerebellar Model for the Mammalian Response to Movement,

Abstract

A model for the cerebellum has been developed which shows that the cortex can be regarded as a spatial filter with interesting temporal characteristics. When this model is applied to the vestibulo-cerebellar system it predicts that the signal to the brain which results from acceleration applied to the skull has a trade-off between precision and time response. It appears that slowly changing accelerations will result in high precision information for the brain while a rapidly changing acceleration will result in lower precision information being sent to the brain. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0740457

Entities

People

  • Frank Meno
  • Thomas W. Calvert

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brain
  • Cerebellum
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Medical Specialties
  • Precision
  • Public Health
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Neuroscience
  • Regression Analysis.