SENSORY COMPONENTS OF OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS IN RESPONSE TO ANGULAR ACCELERATIONS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 12  (1) , 66-71
Abstract
The relationship between the vestibular and optokinetic nystagmus was investigated using a special vestibulooptokinetic trainer. A correlation between the objective index of the angular velocity of the slow component of the optokinetic nystagmus and concomitant sensory reactions responsible for the visual perception of optokinetic stimuli was examined. Tolerance of the optokinetic system apparently was characterized by the differential criterion .+-..DELTA.w, i.e., the difference between angular velocity of the slow component of the optokinetic nystagmus and angular velocity of optokinetic stimuli. A group of people whose optokinetic system was highly resistant to vestibular noise was identified.

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