A vertical head rotation with the eyes centered.

More interesting is that rotating the head down (or up, right & left) can cause a violation of Listing's Law.

Suppose you tilted your head down by 90 deg. and your VOR could keep your eyes steady in space.


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Department of Physiology
University of Western Ontario
London Ontario Canada
Updated October 22, 1996

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