Effects
of Up-Down Reversed Vision and Left-Right Reversed Vision on Walking
Tasks
H. Yoshimura & M. Ohkura |
Effects
of optical transposition created by up-down reversing goggles and
left-right reversing goggles were investigated on two locomotory
tasks, i.e., walking along a corridor and going up and down stairs.
~ In experiment I, the subjects' own predictions about the relative
difficulty between the two visually transposed conditions, were recorded,
where mast subjects predicted that it would be more difficult to
walk in the up-down reversed condition than to walk in the left-right
reversed condition. The statements of the subjects after having completed
the tasks, however, showed the oposite results from the predictions
they made. Majority of the subjects were not able to complete the
experimental trials under the left-right reversed condition because
of their intolerable feeling of nausea. The results of experiment
II which used the three-way ANOVA confirmed the results of experiment
I and showed marked practice effects in the left-right reversed condition.
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