Thirty-two subjects participated in a study which measured the angle at which they preferred to look down at visual targets. Four different head positions, two visual tasks, and two target distances were used. The overall preferred mean angle in the midsagittal plane below the Frankfurt Plane was −34°. Head position and target distance had significant effects on preferred angle while the task did not influence it.
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