Enhanced vection in older adults: Evidence for age-related effects in multisensory vection experiences.

ABSTRACT: The illusion of self-motion (vection) is a multisensory phenomenon elicited by visual, auditory, tactile, or other sensory cues. Aging is often associated with changes in sensory acuity, visual motion perception, and multisensory integration, processes which may influence vection perception. However, age-related differences in vection have received little study to date. Thus, the objective of the present study was to investigate age-related differences in vection during multisensory stimulation. Nineteen younger adults and 19 older adults were exposed to rotating visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli (separately or in combination) at a speed of 45°/s inside a VR laboratory inducing circular vection. The size of the field-of-view (FOV) was large (240°), medium (75°), small (30°), or contain

SUBMITTER: Murovec B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9478596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature