ADAPTATION TO BIZARRE STIMULATION OF THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS AS INDICATED BY THE OCULOGYRAL ILLUSION

Abstract

Four healthy male subjects 19 to 23 years of age were exposed to tilt in a specially constructed chair mounted in a rotating room which is built around the center of a human centrifuge. Determinations of the course of the adaptation to the oculogyral illusion are reported. Also compared are the effects of their voluntary head movements. Information obtained appears to have application to anticipated problems in manned orbiting satellites and to any rotating installation where personnel will be exposed to angular velocities above 2.0 rpm. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 23, 1961
Accession Number
AD0253099

Entities

People

  • Ashton Graybiel
  • Fred E. Guedry

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Centrifuges
  • Ear
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris