INDUCTION OF ILLUSORY SELF-ROTATION AND NYSTAGMUS BY A ROTATING SOUND-FIELD

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 48  (2) , 129-131
Abstract
Human subjects in darkness often experience illusory self-rotation when exposed to a rotating sound field. Compelling illusions of self-rotation are generally accompanied by nystagmoid movements of the eyes with the slow phase in the direction opposite that of the experienced self-rotation. These phenomena are related to the functioning of a spatial constancy mechanism by which a stable distinction is normally maintained between movements of self and movements of the environment. The appearance of nystagmus during illusory self-rotation indicates that apparent body orientation can influence oculomotor control.

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