title: Optokinetic training and vestribular habituation.
abstract: The present study deals with the interaction of the visual and vestibular system with special reference to habituation. The results indicate that vestibular responses are modified by repeated uni- and bidirectional optokinetic stimulation. This transfer mechanism is more evident in test subjects after wide angle (foveo-peripheral) than after narrow angle (foveal) optokinetic stimulation. The modification of vestibular responses by means of repetitive optokinetic stimuli is characterized by an enhancement on the one side and a decline of the responses on the other, depending entirely on the nature of the  optokinetic stimulus (uni- or bidirectional, foveal or foveo-peripheral). There is some evidence to suggest that these phenonomena are habituation transfer mechanisms. They seem to subserve the improvement of the gain of the vestibulo-ocular reflex. They help the vestibular system to improve the assessment of self-rotation within the environment and to impede the development of visual-vestibular conflicts.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005133:Eye Movements; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology*