The effect of centrifugal force on the perception of rotation about a vertical axis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 366-369

  Mittelstaedt, Marie Luise ^a   Mittelstaedt, Horst ^a  

^a Max Planck Inst F V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; ROTATION;

EID: 0030761368     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050413     Document Type: Article

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