Accession Number:

AD0728316

Title:

Effect of a Moving Optical Environment on the Subjective Median,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

OKLAHOMA UNIV MEDICAL CENTER OKLAHOMA CITY DEPT OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS

Personal Author(s):

• Brecher,M. Herbert
• Brecher,Gerhard A.

Report Date:

1971-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

The placement of a point in the median vertical plane under the influence of a moving optical environment was tested in 12 subjects. It was found that the median plane was displaced in the same direction as the movement of the visual environment when the environment was moved at speeds ranging from 9 plus or minus 1 radiansminute to 45 plus or minus 1 radiansminute. It was established that unidirectional movements of the total optical environment always caused a spatial disorientation with respect to external visual reference points. Author

Descriptors:

• (*VISUAL PERCEPTION
• DIRECTION FINDING)
• (*SPACE PERCEPTION
• DIRECTION FINDING)
• VISION
• PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE