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More rapid and stronger vection in elementary school children compared with adults
Nobu Shirai1, Takeharu Seno, Sachie Morohashi
1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan. shirai@human.niigata-u.ac.jp
Perception
|March 22, 2013
Abstract:
We compared vection (visually induced illusory self-motion perception) among elementary school children and adults by measuring latency to onset, cumulative duration, and estimated strength of vection. Significantly stronger vection with shorter latency was observed in children compared with adults. Several possible causes (eg size-difference of the effective visual field) of the age-related differences are discussed.
