Affiliations: [a] Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Research Center, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand | [b] Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Note: [1] Reprint address: Dr. Cynthia L. Darlington, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Tel: 64 3 479 7630; Fax: 64-3-479-8335; E-mail: cynthia@otago.ac.nz
Abstract: This paper reports further evidence that gender is a significant factor in the experience of circularvection (CV), the illusion of self-rotation. Using optokinetic drum velocities between 24° and 92°/s, latency to experience Stage 2 or Stage 3 CV was measured. Males exhibited significantly longer CV latencies than females (P < 0.0001), although the difference was greater for Stage 3 CV than for Stage 2 CV. This result suggests that the potential influence of gender must be carefully controlled in visual–vestibular interaction experiments.
