Effects of galvanic vestibular stimulation on perception of subjective vertical in standing humans

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1155-1161

  Tardy Gervet, Marie Françoise ^a   Séverac Cauquil, Alexandra ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY POSTURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULE; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0032089040     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.3c.1155     Document Type: Article

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