Hunger enhances vertical vection

Authors

Takeharu Seno, Kyushu UniversityFollow
Hiroyuki Ito, Kyushu UniversityFollow
Shoji Sunaga, Kyushu University
Stephen Palmisano, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

72250

Publication Details

Seno, T., Ito, H., Sunaga, S. & Palmisano, S. (2012). Hunger enhances vertical vection. Perception, 41 1003-1006.

Abstract

Hunger was found to facilitate visually induced illusory upward and downward self-motions (vertical vection), but not illusory self-motion in depth (vection in depth). We propose that the origin of this hunger effect lies in the possibility that vertical self-motions (both real and illusory) are more likely to induce changes in visceral state.