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ArticleJournal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation2021

Spatial orientation during gondola centrifugation with subjects upright versus supine: Evidence for Gestalt psychological mechanisms in vestibular perception.

Arne Tribukait, Ola Eiken

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Arne TribukaitDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Section for Eye and Vision, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ola EikenDivision of Environmental Physiology, Swedish Aerospace Physiology Center, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, MTH, School of Chemistry Biotechnology and Health, Solna, Sweden.

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backgroundRecent theories suggest that perception of complex self-motion is governed by familiarity of the motion pattern as a whole in 3D.

objectiveTo explore how familiarity determines the perceived angular displacement with respect to the Earth during a simulated coordinated turn in a gondola centrifuge.

methodThe centrifuge was accelerated to 2G (gondola displacement 60°) within 12.5 s. Using visual indicators in darkness, responses to the gondola displacement were recorded with subjects (n = 10) in two positions: sitting-upright, facing-forward versus lying-supine, feet-forwards. Each subject underwent 2×2 6-minute runs.

resultWhen upright, subjects indicated a tilt of initially 18.8±11.3°, declining with T = 66±37 s. In the supine position (subject's yaw plane coinciding with the plane of gondola displacement) the indicated displacement was negligible (-0.3±4.8°).

conclusionSince the canal system is most responsive to stimuli in yaw, these findings are difficult to explain by bottom-up models. Rather, the motion pattern during acceleration would be recognized as a familiar or meaningful whole (entering a co-ordinated turn) only when the subject is upright. Presumably, the degree of familiarity is reflected in the subject's ability to discern and estimate a single stimulus component. Findings are discussed in connection with human factors in aviation and the principles of Gestalt psychology.

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AviationVestibule, LabyrinthCentrifugationHumansOrientation, SpatialSpace PerceptionGestalt psychologypattern recognitionself-motion perceptionspatial disorientationsubjective horizontalsubjective verticaltop-down processingVestibular system

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PMCPMC9789483

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