- Title
- Illusory upward self-motion results in a decrease in perceived room temperature
- Creator
- Seno, Takeharu; Van Doorn, George
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/70525
- Identifier
- vital:6532
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2013.411118
- Identifier
- ISSN:2152-7199
- Abstract
- Purpose: Stationary observers often experience illusory self-motion (vection) when they are exposed to large patterns of optic flow. The effect of different temperatures on the strength of vection was investigated. Method: Eleven participants were exposed to visual stimuli that induced illusory motion (up, down) in three room temperatures (26°C - 27°C, 21°C - 22°C, 5°C - 6°C). Participants rated (a) the vection magnitude, and (b) the room temperature (twice; before and after vection). Results: Upward vection was rated as stronger than downward vection in the 26°C - 27°C temperature. In addition, after experiencing upward and downward vection, subjective ratings of room temperature decreased and increased, respectively, when the room temperature was 26°C - 27°C. This effect was not observed when the room was 5°C - 6°C. Conclusion: These results suggest that a cross modal association exists between the direction “up” and 26°C - 27°C temperatures.
- Relation
- Psychology (Irvine) Vol. 4, no. 11 (2013), p. 823-826
- Rights
- Copyright © 2013 Takeharu Seno, George H. Van Doorn. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Vection; Temperature; Vision; Illusory self-motion; 1701 Psychology
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