The transfer of adaptation between actual and simulated rotary stimulation. 1990

T G Dobie, and J G May, and C Gutierrez, and S S Heller
Naval Biodynamics Laboratory, New Orleans, LA 70189.

It is well known that continued exposure to motion environments leads to adaptation, but it is not clear whether such changes are specific to the particular type of motion experienced. The present investigation sought to evaluate the extent of transfer between real motion and visually-induced apparent motion. In addition, the direction of motion was varied and these two factors, mode of exposure and direction of rotation, were examined in a cross-adaptational design. Thirty-two subjects were pre- and posttested on measures of disorientation after active bodily rotation and visually-induced self-vection. Two groups received ten consecutive trials of active bodily rotation (clockwise or counter-clockwise) for 4 consecutive days. Two other groups received ten consecutive trials of visually-induced self-vection (clockwise or counter-clockwise) in a rotating drum for 4 consecutive days. During the exposure phase, dizziness and self-vection increased over trials for the groups exposed to the drum, while dizziness remained unchanged over trials for the groups exposed to bodily rotation. Repeated exposure to bodily rotation resulted in improved walking performance over trials and days. Subjects exposed to bodily rotation exhibited increased tolerance to visually-induced self-vection; however, exposure to visually-induced self-vection did not result in greater tolerance to bodily rotation. No support for directional specificity was evident.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011897 Random Allocation A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects. Randomization,Allocation, Random
D004244 Dizziness An imprecise term which may refer to a sense of spatial disorientation, motion of the environment, or lightheadedness. Lightheadedness,Orthostasis,Dizzyness,Light-Headedness,Light Headedness
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000222 Adaptation, Physiological The non-genetic biological changes of an organism in response to challenges in its ENVIRONMENT. Adaptation, Physiologic,Adaptations, Physiologic,Adaptations, Physiological,Adaptive Plasticity,Phenotypic Plasticity,Physiological Adaptation,Physiologic Adaptation,Physiologic Adaptations,Physiological Adaptations,Plasticity, Adaptive,Plasticity, Phenotypic
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D012399 Rotation Motion of an object in which either one or more points on a line are fixed. It is also the motion of a particle about a fixed point. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Clinorotation,Clinorotations,Rotations

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