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Self-motion perception during a sequence of whole-body rotations in darkness

The main aim of this study was to examine how postrotatory effects, induced by passive whole-body rotations in darkness, could alter the perception of motion and eye movements during a subsequent rotation. Perception of angle magnitude was assessed in a reproduction task: blindfolded subjects were f...

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Published in:Experimental brain research 2000-08, Vol.134 (1), p.66-73
Main Authors: SIEGLER, I, VIAUD-DELMON, I, ISRAËL, I, BERTHOZ, A
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Language:English
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Summary:The main aim of this study was to examine how postrotatory effects, induced by passive whole-body rotations in darkness, could alter the perception of motion and eye movements during a subsequent rotation. Perception of angle magnitude was assessed in a reproduction task: blindfolded subjects were first submitted to a passive rotation about the earth-vertical axis on a mobile robot. They were then asked to reproduce this angle by controlling the robot with a joystick. Stimulus rotations ranged from 80 degree to 340 degree . Subjects were given one of twodelay instructions: after the stimulus, they either had to await the end of postrotatory sensations before starting reproduction (condition free delay, FD), or they had to start immediately after the end of the stimulus rotation (no delay, ND). The delay in FD was used as an incidental measure of the subjective duration of these sensations. Eye movements were recorded with an infrared measuring system (IRIS). Results showed that in both conditions subjects accurately reproduced rotation angles, though they did not reproduce the stimulus dynamics. Peak velocities reached in ND were higher than in FD. This difference suggests that postrotatory effects induced a bias in the perception of angular velocity in the ND condition.
ISSN:0014-4819
1432-1106
DOI:10.1007/s002210000415