Simulator Sickness in Passive Observers

Abstract

Fifteen women and sixteen men were given a 10-minute 'ride' in a fixed-base car simulator with a moving visual display (Sim-L-CAR). These exposures were standardised, and included a considerable amount of implied (but not actual) vestibular stimulation. Approximately one half of the subjects wore 'blinkers' which restricted their field of view to the dynamic visual display. The principal findings were: Some measurable decline in well-being was reported by 28 of the 31 subjects; women were significantly more susceptible than men; both previous passenger and car driving experience correlated positively with the degree of disturbance produced by the simulator; exclusion of the static features of the field of view appeared to have no effect upon susceptibility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0753560

Entities

People

  • Eugenia Díaz-Giménez
  • J. T. Reason

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anatomy
  • Asthenopia
  • Background Noise
  • Biological Sciences
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Coefficients
  • Light Sources
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motion Sickness
  • Observers
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Passengers
  • Simulators
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.