Space, the vestibular system, and MIT's Man-Vehicle Laboratory

Space, the vestibular system, and MIT's Man-Vehicle Laboratory.

On March 5, 2009, a symposium on Strategic Planning Activity on Aerospace Medical and Human Factors Challenges was held at the Man-Vehicle Laboratory (MVL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The program was divided into three sections: Aviation Human Factors, Sensorimotor Challenges in Space, and Earth and Clinical Applications. The symposium was held on the occasion of the 65th birt...

Space and the vestibular system: what has been learned?

Laboratory Exercise : Vestibular

The vestibular system is arguably the most ancient sensory system. Its evolution became an invaluable acquisition enabling vertebrates to move about in their environment. The peripheral vestibular apparatus, the semicircular canals and the otolith organs, evolved early and relatively completely. Thus, their structure and function are similar across the vertebrate phyla. Labyrinthine enterocepto...

A ROTATORY MANEUVER TO REDUCE IMBALANCE OF THE VESTIBULAR SYSTEM IN PATIENTS WITH VESTIBULAR VERTIGO

In an attempt to diminish the intensity of vertigo, this study was designed to reduce the imbalance between the vestibular system on the two sides. By rotating the subjects with a string-activated rotating chair in opposite direction of the dominant side, the dominant side would be inhibited and simultaneously the subordinate ide would be stimulated. Eight patients with vestibular vertigo c...

MITS: A Mixed-Initiative Intelligent Tutoring System for Sudoku

In this paper, we propose a model called MITS — Mixed Initiative Intelligent Tutoring System for Sudoku. Extrapolating from theory for tutoring in scholastic subjects, and tutoring in the game of chess, we develop a model for tutoring the game of Sudoku using a mixed-initiative paradigm. Moreover, our aim is to design a system which not only proposes moves to make but also gives advice on why a...