Postural reactions induced by vertical motion of visual scenes and the effects of weightlessness

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 466-473

  Clément, Gilles ^a,c   Lathan, Corinna ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Otoliths; Posture; Vision; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; SOYUZ TM7 PROJECT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTURE; SPACE FLIGHT; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0031858709     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850154577     Document Type: Article

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