Effect of Head Movement in Visual-Kinesthetic Localization

Abstract

The results of a previous experiment showed that visual estimates of kinesthetic localization and kinesthetic estimates of visual localization were equally accurate, but with errors in opposite directions, when S was free to move his head. The present experiment was designed to measure the contribution of head movement to the accuracy of visual and kinesthetic localization. Results indicate that performance is equivalent under the “free-head” and “fixed-head” conditions.