THE CHANGING PARAMETERS OF THE HABITUATING VESTIBULAR SYSTEM

Abstract

Nystagmic responses to a Coriolis stimulation were recorded from a human subject over a period of ten sessions of four stimuli each. The response can be approximated by simple negative exponential growth and decay functions. Repeated exposure results in a reduction of the subject's sensitivity to the stimulus. At the same time the dynamic characteristics of the system mediating the response change so as to provide a more rapid recovery from the stimulus. Both of these changes are beneficial to a pilot, as they improve his resistance to some forms of spatial disorientation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0664898

Entities

People

  • Edwin W. Moore
  • Frederick G. Collins
  • Patrick J. Dowd
  • Robert L. Cramer

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Central Nervous System
  • Classification
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Ear
  • End Organs
  • Equations
  • Least Squares Method
  • Nervous System
  • Nystagmus
  • Phase Velocity
  • Recovery
  • Security
  • Transfer Functions

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation