Citation

Riccio GE, Martin EJ, Stoffregen TA. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1992; 18(3): 624-644.

Affiliation

Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1500866

Abstract

The Stoffregen and Riccio (1988) hypothesis that perceived orientation is determined primarily by balance dynamics was tested. Perception of orientation was evaluated in the context of a task that required Ss to control the roll orientation of a device in which they were seated. The device's direction of balance was manipulated across trials and thus was independent of gravity. Eighteen Ss participated in the investigation. After each trial, Ss estimated their mean tilt with respect to upright. Correlations of perceived tilt with tilt from balance were consistently higher than the correlations with gravity tilt. The dominance of balance over gravity depended on the magnitude of tilt from balance.

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