Cognitive and neural mechanisms of multimodal information integration underlying the sense of direction in spatial navigation

Key Points

• This research aims to explore the cognitive processes and neural mechanisms involved in integrating multimodal information for direction sense during spatial navigation.
• Conducted a literature review on multimodal information integration related to direction sense.
• Analyzed the roles of visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive information in spatial navigation.
• Identified neural coding mechanisms involved in integrating spatial information.
• Individuals encode and integrate multimodal information independently to maintain and update their sense of direction.
• The vestibular-visual pathways show dynamic cooperation among different cell types encoding spatial information.
• Future studies should expand the model to include auditory, olfactory, and tactile contributions to direction sense.