Perspectival Structure and Vestibular Processing

A Commentary on Bigna Lenggenhager & Christophe Lopez

Commentator

Adrian Alsmith

adrianjtalsmith @ gmail.com

Københavns Universitet

Copenhagen, Denmark

Target Authors

Bigna Lenggenhager

bigna.lenggenhager @ usz.ch

University Hospital

Zurich, Switzerland

Christophe Lopez

christophe.lopez @ univ-amu.fr

Aix Marseille Université

Marseille, France

Editors

Thomas Metzinger

metzinger @ uni-mainz.de

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität

Mainz, Germany

Jennifer M. Windt

jennifer.windt @ monash.edu

Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

I begin by contrasting a taxonomic approach to the vestibular system with the structural approach I take in the bulk of this commentary. I provide an analysis of perspectival structure. Employing that analysis and following the structural approach, I propose three lines of empirical investigation to selectively manipulate and measure vestibular processing and perspectival structure. The hope is that this serves to indicate how interdisciplinary research on vestibular processing might advance our understanding of the structural features of conscious experience.

Keywords

Egocentric | Egomotion | First-person perspective | Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) | GVS | Head-mounted display | Perspective | Phenomenal groove | Phenomenal grooves | Scalp EEG | Self-consciousness | Structural features of consciousness | Tendon vibration stimulation | The body-swap illusion | The full-body illusion | The senses | Vestibular | Vestibular evoked potentials