Title :
Human behavior and egocentric spatial perception contingent with gravity cue
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Environ. Medicine, Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Gravity modifies us without our knowing it. Possible functional disabilities of eye, head and body movements were investigated under 1G and microgravity environments to evaluate the gravity cue for human behavior. The system for visual stability might be explained from the viewpoint of coordination between eye and head under microgravity. It is important to ascertain the significance of gravity in the maintenance of human visual stability. Coordination of eye position and head motion behavior by neck muscle discharge was examined in the mission SL-J, as well as a subjective evaluation of visual stability during spaceflight. There are a lot of discussion about human behavior contingent with gravity which has not been discussed ever.
Keywords :
aerospace biophysics; behavioural sciences; biomechanics; eye; muscle; neurophysiology; visual perception; zero gravity experiments; body movement; egocentric spatial perception contingent; eye movement; eye position; gravity cue; head motion behavior; head movement; human behavior contingent; human visual stability; microgravity; neck muscle discharge; spaceflight; Earth; Gravity; Humans; Leg; Micromotors; Muscles; Neck; Space missions; Stability; Visual perception; eye movements; gravity; head movements; microgravity; visual stabilities;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403693