Gravity dependence of subjective visual vertical variability

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1657-1671

  Tarnutzer, A A ^a   Bockisch, C ^a   Straumann, D ^a   Olasagasti, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VARIANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY SENSING; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349293682     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00007.2008     Document Type: Article

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