Semicircular canal contribution to the perception of roll tilt during gondola centrifugation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 940-946

  Tribukait, Arne ^a   Eiken, Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gravity; Hypergravity; Otolithic; Spatial disorientation; Spatial orientation; Subjective horizontal; Subjective vertical; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SITTING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AVIATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; MALE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 26444442471     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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