Microgravity vestibular investigations: Perception of self-orientation and self-motion

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 453-457

  Benson, Alan J ^a   Guedry, Fred E ^b   Parker, Donald E ^c   Reschke, Millard F ^d  

^a Royal Aircraft Establishment   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Perception; Self motion; Self orientation; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DECELERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0030775231     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0957-4271(96)00167-x     Document Type: Article

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