ADAPTATION TO VESTIBULAR DISORIENTATION. VI. EYE-MOVEMENT AND SUBJECTIVE TURNING RESPONSES TO VARIED DURATION OF ANGULAR ACCELERATION,

Abstract

Turning sensations and eye movement responses during angular accelerations may show adaptation effects of significance to understanding vestibular reactions during certain aircraft maneuvers. In this study, a direct relationship found between duration of acceleration and (a) decline of response during acceleration, (b) rate of decline of response after acceleration, and (c) magnitude of secondary reaction, is regarded as an indication of a central process which limits a prolonged vestibular primary reaction. The process is manifested by its influence on relatively basic reflex reactions (nystagmus) in the cat, and is more prominently manifested in man by its influence on sensory perception. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0671855

Entities

People

  • Fred E. Guedry
  • William E. Collins

Organizations

  • Civil Aeromedical Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Biological Sciences
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Maneuvers
  • Motion
  • Nystagmus
  • Perception
  • Physical Properties
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychophysiology
  • Sensation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Neuroscience
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.