Spatial orientation perception and reflexive eye movements - A perspective, an overview, and some clinical implications

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 505-512

  Guedry, Fred E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NAS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AVOR; LVOR; Ocular Torsion; Perceived movement; Perceived Tilt

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TILTING;

EID: 0029788119     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00149-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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