OPPOSITE CHANGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS OF THE HUMAN BRAIN IN ADOPTING THE FREQUENCY OF LIGHT FLASHES AT VESTIBULAR AND OPTOKINETIC STIMULI

Abstract

Results of the investigation give bases to assume that the vestibular-oculomotorial system does not appear to be a simple reflectorial system, synonymously reacting to the stimulation of its various links. The nature of the interactions between these links is such that the stimulation of vestibular and optomotorial links affects in an opposite manner the level of excitability of the cortical structures connected with the analysis of light signals. The vestibular system has a depressing effect on the cortical structures of the visual analyzer, and the eyemotorial system exerts an opposite activating effect on the very same cortical structures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1965
Accession Number
AD0616311

Entities

People

  • V. G. Samsonova

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Amplitude
  • Analyzers
  • Distortion
  • Dynamics
  • Excitation
  • Frequency
  • Hard Copy
  • Irritation
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Oscillation
  • Rotation
  • Spectra
  • Translations

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience
  • Systems Analysis and Design