title: More rapid and stronger vection in elementary school children compared with adults.
abstract: We compared vection (visually induced illusory self-motion perception) among elementary school children and adults by measuring latency to onset, cumulative duration, and estimated strength of vection. Significantly stronger vection with shorter latency was observed in children compared with adults. Several possible causes (eg size-difference of the effective visual field) of the age-related differences are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan. shirai@human.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nobu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: Takeharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seno
authors.forename: Sachie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morohashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult