These papers deal with how mice integrate evidence about the distance to an object (in this case a platform across a gap). The central idea here is that the pattern of whisker movements is an indicator of the mouse's evolving hypothesis about their distance to objects.
Unsupervised whisker tracking in unrestrained behaving animals
J Voigts, B Sakmann, T Celikel, Journal of neurophysiology 100 (1), 504-515
882008
Tactile object localization by anticipatory whisker motion
J Voigts, DH Herman, T Celikel, Journal of neurophysiology 113 (2), 620-632