Idiosyncratic orientation strategies influence self-controlled whole-body rotations in the dark.
The present experiment examined the influence of spatial orientation strategies on human subjects' accuracy in a self-controlled whole-body rotation task in the dark. Subjects were seated on a robotic chair and had to perform 360 degrees rotations with or without the presentation of a space-fixed target. Performance was compared between subjects who preferably used an "egocentric" or an "allocentric" strategy. Results suggest that orientation strategies might be tightly linked to sensory integration processes.
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LPPA, CNRS-Collège de France, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, F-75005, Paris, France. siegler@ccr.jussieu.fr
D000328:Adult; D003624:Darkness; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D012399:Rotation; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology*