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The Effects of Moving Sound Images on Postural Responses and the Head Rotation Illusion in Humans

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The results of pilot studies on the effects of sound images moving in the horizontal plane on poststimulus responses and the head rotation illusion are presented. These phenomena are demonstrated to occur.

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  1. I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Makarov Bank, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Ya. A. Al'tman & O. V. Varyagina

  2. Institute of Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19 B. Karetnyi Lane, GSP-4, 101447, Moscow, Russia

    V. S. Gurfinkel' & Yu. S. Levik

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Al'tman, Y.A., Varyagina, O.V., Gurfinkel', V.S. et al. The Effects of Moving Sound Images on Postural Responses and the Head Rotation Illusion in Humans. Neurosci Behav Physiol 35, 103–106 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NEAB.0000049657.63118.74

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