Combined influences of gravitoinertial force level and visual field pitch on visually perceived eye level

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 381-392

  DiZio, Paul ^a   Li, Wenxun ^b   Lackner, James R ^a   Matin, Leonard ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye level; Gravitoinertial force; Human; Sensorimotor integration; Spatial orientation; Visual field; Visual localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORCE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030820181     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0957-4271(96)00163-2     Document Type: Article

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