title: Emotional sounds influence vertical vection.
abstract: While viewing a large vertically moving sinusoidal luminance grating, the perception of upward self-motion (vection) was modulated by positive sounds (e.g., a baby's laughter). This may be because positive emotion and the spatial metaphor of vertical directions were unified in the mind.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, 6-19-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyoshiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Takeharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seno
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Kayo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*