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Visual orientation judgments were made during right head tilt, left body tilt, and left trunk tilt, each of 30 deg. In these postures the otolith, neck, and trunk systems are stimulated in pairs. The hypothesis that the visual vertical during trunk tilt is equal to the algebraic sum ofthose in the same direction ofbody tilt and the opposite head tilt was tested and accepted. This result demonstrates the interaction of these postural systems in visual orientation, and complements the confirmation of the same hypothesis for the visual aftereffect following prolonged tilt.
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Wade, N.J. The interaction of postural systems in visual orientation. Perception & Psychophysics 6, 309–310 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210102
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