Two experiments were performed in which the acceleration component of limb movement information during prism exposure was manipulated, by controlling the trajectory and visibility of arm movement. When limb movements were confined to a lateral motion on a linear track, adaptation was evident when arm movement reversal at the end of the trajectory could be viewed (nonoccluded arm-movement reversal conditions). No adaptation occurred in the occluded arm-movement reversal condition. When movements were made on a curved track, adaptation was evident in both the nonoccluded and the occluded arm-movement reversal conditions. The results indicate that the acceleration component of reafferent stimulation may be critical in prism adaptation when no error information is available.when either the speed of arm movement changes, as when the arm slows down, stops, and begins moving again, or the direction of arm movement changes, as on a curved path.The first type of visual acceleration information, the one generated by change of speed of selfproduced arm motion, can be expressed by the following simple formula:where A = acceleration, V = velocity, T = time, Vf = final velocity, and Vi = initial velocity. The second type of acceleration information, the one based on constant change of direction, is generated when the arm moves on a curvilinear path with a constant speed (illustrated in Figure I, where velocity components are indicated by vectors). The length of each vector represents the speed of movement, which remains constant throughout the curved path.