title: Getting completely turned around: how disorientation impacts subjective straight ahead.
abstract: In manipulating a pointer to indicate subjective straight ahead (SSA), participants were more variable after a series of whole-body rotations in conjunction with external sensory blockade than after external sensory blockade alone. The variability of reported SSA did not increase consequent to a temporal delay matched to the time taken by the rotation procedure. These results suggest that an observer's egocentric reference frame is more complex and less stable than has previously been thought.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Philbeck
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dopkins
authors.forename: Darin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoyer
authors.forename: Jesse Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Sargent
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*; D012399:Rotation; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult