Perception of spatial orientation in microgravity

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Glasauer, Stefan ^a   Mittelstaedt, Horst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Illusion; Microgravity; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MICROGRAVITY; MOTION SICKNESS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0032212661     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(98)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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