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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Fushiki, H.; | Takata, S. | Yasuda, K. | Watanabe, Y.
Affiliations: Department of Otolaryngology, Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
Note: [*] Address for correspondence: Hiroaki Fushiki, MD, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University, 2630, Sugitani, Toyama-shi, Toyama 930-0194, Japan. Tel.: +1 81 76 434 2281 ext.2578; Fax: +1 81 76 434 5038; E-mail: hfushiki@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Abstract: We used optokinetic stimulation (OKS) in eighteen normal adults aged 18–30 years to investigate vertical self-motion perception. In order to induce self-rotation, either a stripe pattern or a random dot pattern was projected onto the inner wall of a hemispherical dome with a diameter of 150 cm. The pattern was rotated either about the subject’s vertical axis (yaw) or about the subject’s interaural axis (pitch) for 80 s at a constant acceleration of 1deg/s2. Stimuli were randomly repeated three to four times in each direction. The latency of onset as well as the perceived intensity of circular vection (CV) was measured for each stimulus presentation. CV latencies for upward rotational stimulation were significantly longer than those for downward rotational stimulation under both types of stimulus conditions. There was no significant difference in CV latency between rightward and leftward rotational stimulation. For most subjects, the magnitudes of the perceived CV for rightward rotational stimulation were equal to those for leftward rotational stimulation, whereas the magnitudes of the perceived CV for vertical stimulation showed large intersubject variability. These results provide additional evidence that fundamental differences exist between different types of self-motion. Possible explanations for the directional asymmetry in vertical perception of self-motion will also be discussed.
Keywords: self-rotation, optokinetic, orientation, visual-vestibular interaction
DOI: 10.3233/VES-2000-10204
Journal: Journal of Vestibular Research, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 93-98, 2000
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