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ERIC Number: EJ860070
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Aug
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0096-1523
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Coupling of Head and Body Movement with Motion of the Audible Environment
Stoffregen, Thomas A.; Villard, Sebastien; Kim, ChungGon; Ito, Kiyohide; Bardy, Benoit G.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v35 n4 p1221-1231 Aug 2009
The authors asked whether standing posture could be controlled relative to audible oscillation of the environment. Blindfolded sighted adults were exposed to acoustic flow in a moving room, and were asked to move so as to maintain a constant distance between their head and the room. Acoustic flow had direct (source) and indirect (reflected) components. Participants exhibited strong coupling of postural motion with room motion, even when direct information about room motion was masked and was available only in reflected sound. Patterns of hip-ankle coordination closely resembled patterns observed in previous research involving coupling of sway with a visible moving room. The results demonstrate that blindfolded adults can control the dynamics of stance relative to motion of the audible environment. (Contains 2 footnotes, 2 tables and 3 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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