Self-motion perception training: Thresholds improve in the light but not in the dark

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-240

  Hartmann, Matthias ^a   Furrer, Sarah ^a   Herzog, Michael H ^b   Merfeld, Daniel M ^c,d   Mast, Fred W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceptual learning; Self motion thresholds; Vestibular learning; Vestibular thresholds; Whole body motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIGHT; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879460708     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3428-1     Document Type: Article

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