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FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-67/07
Title and Subtitle: Adaptation to vestibular disorientation. VI. Eye-movement and subjective turning responses to varied durations of angular acceleration.
Report Date: May 1967
Authors: Guedry FE, Collins WE.
Abstract: Turning sensations and eye movement responses during angular accelerations may show adaptation effects of significance to understanding vestibular reactions during certain aircraft maneuvers.
In this study, a direct relationship found between duration of acceleration and (a) decline of response during acceleration, (b) rate of decline of response after acceleration, and (c) magnitude of secondary reaction, is regarded as an indication of a central process which limits a prolonged vestibular primary reaction. The process is manifested by its influence on relatively basic reflex reactions (nystagmus) in the cat, and is more prominently manifested in man by its influence on sensory perception.
Key Words: acceleration tolerance, nystagmus, vestibular apparatus, adaptation (physiology), perception, response (biology), reflexes, perception, aviation medicine.
No. of Pages: 12
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-67/07
Title and Subtitle: Adaptation to vestibular disorientation. VI. Eye-movement and subjective turning responses to varied durations of angular acceleration.
Report Date: May 1967
Authors: Guedry FE, Collins WE.
Abstract: Turning sensations and eye movement responses during angular accelerations may show adaptation effects of significance to understanding vestibular reactions during certain aircraft maneuvers.
In this study, a direct relationship found between duration of acceleration and (a) decline of response during acceleration, (b) rate of decline of response after acceleration, and (c) magnitude of secondary reaction, is regarded as an indication of a central process which limits a prolonged vestibular primary reaction. The process is manifested by its influence on relatively basic reflex reactions (nystagmus) in the cat, and is more prominently manifested in man by its influence on sensory perception.
Key Words: acceleration tolerance, nystagmus, vestibular apparatus, adaptation (physiology), perception, response (biology), reflexes, perception, aviation medicine.
No. of Pages: 12
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