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Subjects in these experiments were required to indicate whether they were in the correct or incorrect orientation following the blackout. In Experiment 3, simulated locomotion continued for a period following the blackout. Subjects made continuous indications of orientation throughout the trial. The presence or absence of an orientation change during blackout, the type of change (rotation about the vertical axis, horizontal axis, or forward translation), the consistency of change, and the duration of the blackout were varied. In both Experiment 1, which required compensatory tracking and Experiment 2 which involved required pursuit tracking active observers were more sensitive to changes in orientation than were passive observers. In Experiment 3, which required pursuit tracking but used a continuous response measure, active observers had lower RMS tracking error than passive observers and their estimates of orientation anticipated simulated orientation. 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