• The translational components may be given in terms of movements along x-, y-, and z-axes of the head, which form a right-handed coordinate system for the head.

• Rotations about around the x-, y-, and z -axes are commonly referred to as roll, pitch, and yaw, respectively

• The positive direction of head rotation follows a right-hand rule—that is, if the fingers of the right hand are curled in the direction of the arrows, the thumb points in the positive direction of the axis.

Links

• Oxford University Press, Neuroscience 6e Web Topic 14.1 - A Primer on Terminology

• Youtube, Homework Clinic, The Vestibular System

• University of Central Florida, 10.1 Rotational Variables

• Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Paul Balzer, Motorblog, [Tutorial] Rotationsmatrix und Quaternion einfach erklärt in DIN70000 ZYX Konvention