Vestibular Illusions, Reprise

• Illusions originating in the design of the semicircular canals...
  • The semicircular canals detect rotational change.
• Illusions originating in the design of the otolith apparatus...
  • The otolith organ senses gravity and linear acceleration.
  • Utricle: vertical acceleration
  • Saccule: horizontal/lateral acceleratoin

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