title: The optomotor response and induced motion of the self.
abstract: Although the optomotor response in animals and induced motion of the self in humans occur under very similar stimulus conditions, they have not hitherto been related. Experiments with fish are reported which support the hypothesis that the optomotor response is based on the animal's attempt to nullify the unwanted experience of its own motion that is imposed upon it.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D007699:Kinesthesis; D009760:Nystagmus, Physiologic; D009949:Orientation; D012018:Reflex; D012399:Rotation