FACTOR ANALYSIS OF SPACE ORIENTATION.

Abstract

Informations from the visual system suffice to set the subjective vertical according to visual clues, up to radial accelerations of 3 g. (The distance between test subject and prominent construction features in the centrifuge room was 14 m maximally). The positioning of the subjective vertical to the direction of the gravitational force is facilitated by keeping body and head in the direction of the gravitational force. At 3 g the visual orientation becomes increasingly more difficult, under the experimental conditions used. The difference between subjective vertical and vector of forces is greatest when body and head are fixed in the direction of the gravitational force and no visual orientation is available. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 1961
Accession Number
AD0637029

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Centrifuges
  • Construction
  • Data Science
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Orientation (Direction)

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris