Sensorimotor aspects of high-speed artificial gravity: II. The effect of head position on illusory self motion

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 283-289

  Mast, Fred W ^a   Newby, Nathaniel J ^b   Young, Laurence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coriolis effects; Nystagmus; Otoliths; Semicircular canals; Sensory conflict; Velocity storage; Vestibular illusions

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SENSATION; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY, ALTERED; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; POSTURE; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0141428959     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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