The relative role of visual and non-visual cues in determining the perceived direction of "up": Experiments in parabolic flight

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 56, Issue 9-12, 2005, Pages 1025-1032

  Jenkin, H L ^a   Dyde, R T ^a   Zacher, J E ^a   Zikovitz, D C ^a   Jenkin, M R ^a   Allison, R S ^a   Howard, I P ^a   Harris, L R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypergravity; Idiotropic vector; Microgravity; Perceived orientation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; SPACE RESEARCH; VECTORS;

HYPERGRAVITY; IDIOTROPIC VECTORS; MICROGRAVITY; PERCEIVED ORIENTATION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MANNED; NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER; ORIENTATION; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; VISION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; SHORT DURATION;

CUES; GRAVITATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS COUNTERMEASURES;

EID: 16344363632     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.01.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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