Short communication: Non-specific directional adaptation to asymmetrical visual-vestibular stimulation

Subjective estimates of passive whole-body rotations in darkness were evaluated before and after exposure to asymmetrical incoherent visual-vestibular stimulation (VVS). Two subjects who showed large capacity for adaptation to symmetrical incoherent VVS were enrolled in the study. Strikingly, after...

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Published in:Brain research. Cognitive brain research 1999-03, Vol.7 (4), p.507-510
Main Authors: Viaud-Delmon, I, Ivanenko, Y P, Grasso, R, Israel, I
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Subjective estimates of passive whole-body rotations in darkness were evaluated before and after exposure to asymmetrical incoherent visual-vestibular stimulation (VVS). Two subjects who showed large capacity for adaptation to symmetrical incoherent VVS were enrolled in the study. Strikingly, after 45 min of asymmetrical left-right VVS, perception of rotation decreased equally for rotations to the right and to the left indicating that the calibration of vestibular sensory input for spatial orientation did not undergo a directional specific control.
ISSN:0926-6410
DOI:10.1016/S0926-6410(98)00052-4