Egocentric visual orientation was investigated with lateral head tilts relative to the upright and supine trunk. A significant difference was found in the trend of visual head axis judgments between 40° left and 40° right head tilt for the two conditions, such that they varied systematically with the degree of tilt for the upright but not for the supine condition.
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