Geometric illusions in astronauts during long-duration spaceflight

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 894-899

  Clément, Gilles ^a   Skinner, Anna ^c   Richard, Ghislaine ^b   Lathan, Corinna ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c ANTHROTRONIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

gravity; human visual perception; mental representation; visual illusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; DRAWING; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; VESTIBULE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SPACE FLIGHT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866320644     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283594705     Document Type: Article

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