Tactile influences on astronaut visual spatial orientation: Human neurovestibular studies on SLS-2

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-49

  Young, Laurence R ^a   Mendoza, Juan C ^b   Groleau, Nicolas ^b   Wojcik, Paul W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

circularvection; space; spatial orientation; tactile; vection; vestibular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0030017478     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.1.44     Document Type: Article

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