{"id":11,"date":"2023-01-31T19:29:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/investdivi\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:37:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the vestibular perception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"inspiro-is-a-digital-product-agency-that-focuses-on-strategy-and-design\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">The primary aim of the In-Vest project is to offer a better understanding of how self-motion perception works. To do so, our team uses the stimulation of the vestibular apparatus, responsible for the perception of self-motion, coupled with brain imaging techniques, in order to map the cerebral activations related to the perception of self-motion and to define how they are integrated with visual information.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">LATEST ATTENDENCE TO SYMPOSIA AND CONGRESS<\/h1>\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts has-text-color has-black-color\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=415\">In-Vest at VIMS2026, Amsterdam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=407\">SEV 2025 &#8211;  Balance awareness week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=402\">In-Vest at GDR Vision &#8211; Rennes 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=366\">MNS 2025 \u2013 Mediterranean Neuroscience Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=363\">NeuroFrance 2025 &#8211; Montpellier\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=351\">SfN 2024 \u2013 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=348\">GDR Biosimia Congress 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=344\">SEV 2024 &#8211; Balance awareness week\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/?p=341\">ECVP 2024 \u2013 European Conference on Visual Perception<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-000000-ffffff-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.26.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.26.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.26-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.26-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cerco.cnrs.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#7a7a7a\">The CerCo is a joint CNRS\/University of Toulouse unit. The scientific objectives of the CerCo are focused on the study of different sensory modalities and their integration, cognitive functions such as memory, object recognition but also consciousness and mental states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-000000-ffffff-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.20.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.20.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.20-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-11-at-14.42.20-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicaen.fr\/laboratoire\/ur-7480-vertige-extreme-vertex\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vertige Extr\u00eame <\/span><\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicaen.fr\/laboratoire\/ur-7480-vertige-extreme-vertex\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(VERTEX)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#7a7a7a\">Studies of the adaptation capacities of human beings in real life conditions in constraining environments, according to chronobiological, sensory and emotional criteria. Determination of physiological and sensory markers of adaptation and application to the health field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:507px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-179 size-full has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/pexels-dsd-1822603-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:25px\">OUR SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2022 What are the optimal vestibular stimuli to evoke a consistent and realistic vection, self-motion illusion?<br>\u2022 What are the underlying cortical networks? <br>\u2022 How is gravity involved in these processes?<br>\u2022 How aging affects self-motion perception? <br>\u2022 Is there a specificity of the human vestibular system<br>   compared to that of non-human primates? <br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">OUR EXPERTISE<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#7a7a7a\">For a scientific matter of this scale, it is necessary to have a team adapted to the project in terms of skills. The In-Vest project brings together experts in the various fields to be involved in order to provide comprehensive results and a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in visuo-vestibular integration in primates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-923551d736f81023f239f40b0de06b8a\">\u2022 Development of vestibular stimulation devices<br>\u2022 Conditioning and acquisitions on non-human primates<br>\u2022 MRI data acquisition on a research-dedicated plateform<br>\u2022 Studies on elderly populations with or without pathologies<br>\u2022 Use of recent techniques such as Near InfraRed Spectroscopy (NIRS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">RESEARCH VALORIZATION<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2026<\/summary>\n<p>\u2022 Marchand S., De Castro V, Excoffier E, Laurent MA, Rosito M, Vayssi\u00e8re N, Cottereau BR, S\u00e9verac Cauquil A, Durand JB (2026) Cortical processing for the vestibular and visual input of egomotion in macaque monkeys: Separate networks with targeted convergence. Imaging Neuroscience ; 4 IMAG.a.1093. doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/IMAG.a.1093\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/IMAG.a.1093<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2025<\/summary>\n<p>\u2022 Marchand S, Balcou M, Picher Ph, Rosito M, Mateo D, Vayssiere N, Durand JB, S\u00e9verac Cauquil A (2025) Visuo-Vestibular Integration for Self-Motion: Human Cortical Area V6 Prefers Forward and Congruent Stimuli. Exp Brain Res 243, 152 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00221-025-07106-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00221-025-07106-8<\/a><br>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00221-025-07079-8\">Sarah Marchand, Alba Langlade, Quentin Legois, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil<em>.<\/em> A wide-ranging review of galvanic vestibular stimulation: from its genesis to basic science and clinical applications. <em>Exp Brain Res<\/em> 243, 131 (2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00221-025-07079-8<\/a><br>\u2022 Alba Langlade, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (2025). Exploring eye movement responses to binaural monopolar galvanic vestibular stimulation. NeuroFrance 2025, Montpellier, France (poster)<br>\u2022 TBA (2025), Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference, Chania, Greece (poster)<br>\u2022 Sarah Marchand (2025), How specialized is area V6 in processing self-motion signals in the primate cortex? \u2013 Curiosity Seminar, Centre de Biologie Int\u00e9grative (CBI, Toulouse) (talk)<br>\u2022 Sarah Marchand (2025), What\u2019s new on cerebral processing of multisensory input: from self-motion perception to action \u2013 10th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference (MNS), Chania, Gr\u00e8ce \u2013 Symposium organized by Sarah Marchand, Alba Langlade &amp; Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (talk)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2024<\/summary>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.27.625640v1.full\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2024.11.27.625640v1.full\">Sarah Marchand, Marine Balcou, Philippine Picher, Maxime Rosito, Damien Mateo, Nathalie Vayssiere, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Alexandra Severac Cauquil. Visuo-Vestibular Integration for Self-Motion: Human Cortical Area V6 Prefers Forward and Congruent Stimuli. bioRxiv 2024.11.27.625640; doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.11.27.625640<\/a><br>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/391274668_V6_Activation_in_Cortical_Visuo-Vestibular_Integration_of_Forward_Self-Motion_Signals_Insights_from_combining_GVS_and_fMRI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/391274668_V6_Activation_in_Cortical_Visuo-Vestibular_Integration_of_Forward_Self-Motion_Signals_Insights_from_combining_GVS_and_fMRI\">Sarah Marchand, Marine Balcou, Philippine Picher, Maxime Rosito, Damien Mateo, Nathalie Vayssi\u00e8re, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (2024). V6 Activation in Cortical Visuo-Vestibular Integration of Forward Self-Motion Signals : Insights from combining GVS and fMRI &#8211; 22nd International Multisensory Research Forum, Reno, Nevada, USA<\/a> (poster)<br>\u2022 Sarah Marchand, Yasuko Sugase-Miyamoto, Aya Takemura, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Tomokazu Tsurugizawa (2024). Cortical activations in response to optic-flow induced by artificial and natural scenes in the Japanese macaque: a function MRI study. JSPS Summer Program 2024, Japan (poster)<br>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/391274366_A_glimpse_into_self-motion_cortical_specializations_for_optic_flow_processing_across_primate_brain_V6\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/391274366_A_glimpse_into_self-motion_cortical_specializations_for_optic_flow_processing_across_primate_brain_V6\">Sarah Marchand, Ma\u00efwen Braconnier, Nathalie Vayssi\u00e8re, Beno\u00eet R Cottereau, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (2024). A glimpse into self-motion : cortical specializations for optic flow processing across primate brain V6. Neuroscience 2024, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois, USA<\/a> (poster)<br>\u2022 Sarah Marchand (2024), Unravelling the Neural Mechanisms of Multisensory Self-Motion Processing: From Primate Models to Clinical Applications \u2013 22nd International Multisensory Research Forum, Reno, Nevada, USA \u2013 Symposium organized by Sarah Marchand &amp; Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (talk)<br>\u2022 Sarah Marchand (2024), How specialized is area V6 in processing self-motion signals in the primate cortex? \u2013 Early Career Speaker series at University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA (talk)<br>\u2022 Sarah Marchand (2024), How specialized is area V6 in processing self-motion signals in the primate cortex? \u2013 Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan (talk)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2023<\/summary>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/391274565_Contemplating_V6_as_the_cortical_cornerstone_for_the_perception_of_forward_and_congruent_multimodal_cues_of_self_motion\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/391274565_Contemplating_V6_as_the_cortical_cornerstone_for_the_perception_of_forward_and_congruent_multimodal_cues_of_self_motion\">Sarah Marchand, Marine Balcou, Philippine Picher, Maxime Rosito, Damien Mateo, Nathalie Vayssi\u00e8re, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (2023). Contemplating V6 as the cortical cornerstone for the perception of forward and congruent multimodal cues of self motion &#8211; NeuroFrance 2023, Lyon, France <\/a>(poster)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2022<\/summary>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/391274285_Convergence_of_visual_and_vestibular_signals_for_self-motion_an_fMRI_study\">Sarah Marchand, Marine Balcou, Philippine Picher, Maxime Rosito, Damien Mateo, Nathalie Vayssi\u00e8re, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (2022). Convergence of visual and vestibular signals for self-motion : an fMRI study. XXXI B\u00e1r\u00e1ny Society Meeting Madrid, Spain<\/a> (poster)<br>\u2022 Alba Langlade, Alexandra S\u00e9verac Cauquil (2022). Self-motion perception induced by galvanic vestibular stimulation according to gravity: a fNIRS study. XXXI B\u00e1r\u00e1ny Society Meeting Madrid, Spain (poster)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2021<\/summary>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cercor\/article\/31\/2\/1347\/5927961?login=false\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cercor\/article\/31\/2\/1347\/5927961?login=false\">Vanessa De Castro, Andrew T Smith, Anton L Beer, C Leguen, Nathalie Vayssi\u00e8re, Yseult H\u00e9jja-Brichard, Pauline Audurier, Beno\u00eet R Cottereau, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Connectivity of the Cingulate Sulcus Visual Area (CSv) in Macaque Monkeys, <em>Cerebral Cortex<\/em>, Volume 31, Issue 2, February 2021, Pages 1347\u20131364, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/cercor\/bhaa301<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>2020<\/summary>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/integrative-neuroscience\/articles\/10.3389\/fnint.2020.00043\/full\">Felipe Aedo-Jury, Benoit Cottereau, Simona Celebrini, Alexandra S\u00e9verac-Cauquil; Antero-Posterior vs. Lateral Vestibular Input Processing in Human Visual Cortex. Front. Integr. Neurosci., 10 August 2020, Volume 14 &#8211; 2020 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fnint.2020.00043<\/a><br>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00429-019-01988-5#citeas\">Bogdanova, O.V., Bogdanov, V.B., Durand, JB. et al. Dynamics of the straight-ahead preference in human visual cortex. Brain Struct Funct 225, 173\u2013186 (2020). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00429-019-01988-5<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The primary aim of the In-Vest project is to offer a better understanding of how self-motion perception works. To do so, our team uses the stimulation of the vestibular apparatus, responsible for the perception of self-motion, coupled with brain imaging techniques, in order to map the cerebral activations related to the perception of self-motion and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Understanding the vestibular perception&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invest.univ-tlse3.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}