Idiosyncratic orientation strategies influence self-controlled whole-body rotations in the dark

The present experiment examined the influence of spatial orientation strategies on human subjects' accuracy in a self-controlled whole-body rotation task in the dark. Subjects were seated on a robotic chair and had to perform 360 degrees rotations with or without the presentation of a space-fixed target. Performance was compared between subjects who preferably used an "egocentric" or an "allocentric" strategy. Results suggest that orientation strategies might be tightly linked to sensory integration processes.