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. 2017 Oct 18;6:e28074. doi: 10.7554/eLife.28074

Table 1. List of motion variables and mathematical notations.

Motion variables
Ω Head rotation velocity (in space)
G Head Tilt
A Linear Acceleration
C Canals dynamics
ΩTS Trunk in space rotation velocity (variant of the model)
ΩHT Head on trunk rotation velocity (variant of the model)
N Neck position (variant of the model)
X Matrix containing all motion variables in a model
Sensory variables
V Semicircular canal signal
F Otolith signal
P Neck proprioceptive signal
Vis Visual rotation signal
S Matrix containing all sensory variables in a model
Accent and superscripts (motion variables)
X Real value of a variable
X^ Final estimate
X^p Predicted (or preliminary) estimate
Xu Motor command affecting the variable
Xε Perturbation or motor error affecting the variable (standard deviation σX)
σX Standard deviation of Xε
Xk Kalman feedback on the variable
Accent and superscripts (sensory variables)
S Real value of a variable
S^p Predicted value
Sη Sensory noise
σS Standard deviation of Sη
δS Sensory error
kδSX Kalman gain of the feedback from S to a motion variable X
Other
δt Time step used in the simulations
M' Transposed of a matrix M
τc Time constant of the semicircular canals