Weightlessness alters up/down asymmetries in the perception of self-motion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-106

  De Saedeleer, Caty ^a,b   Vidal, Manuel ^c   Lipshits, Mark ^d   Bengoetxea, Ana ^a   Cebolla, Ana Maria ^a   Berthoz, Alain ^c   Cheron, Guy ^a,b   McIntyre, Joseph ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Perception; Pitch; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; VISION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; POSTURE; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84875464002     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3414-7     Document Type: Article

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