Directional asymmetries and age effects in human self-motion perception

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-401

  Roditi, Rachel E ^a   Crane, Benjamin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Otoliths; Semi circular canals; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE VARIABLE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865459224     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-012-0318-3     Document Type: Article

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