Influence of dynamic tilts on the perception of earth-vertical

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-350

  Jaggi Schwarz, Karin ^a,b   Hess, Bernhard J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canal otolith interaction; Neck afferents; Saccades; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TILTING; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0037382965     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1343-y     Document Type: Article

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