Visually perceived vertical and visually perceived horizontal are not orthogonal

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1989-1999

  Betts, Grant A ^a   Curthoys, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aubert; Otolith; Vestibular; Visually perceived horizontal; Visually perceived vertical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISION;

ADULT; DARKNESS; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031858978     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00401-X     Document Type: Article

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