Motion Sickness: A Brief Review and a Proposed Methodology for a Research Program
Abstract
Field studies in digitized command and control vehicles have found motion sickness to be a significant problem. It is difficult to isolate the cognitive effects of motion sickness in field studies because of the many other variables (e.g., vehicle vibration and noise and ambient temperature) that could potentially affect performance of cognitive tasks. A laboratory environment would allow researchers to isolate the effects of motion sickness on cognition. This report begins with a brief description of the field studies and the problems researchers encounter when they conduct them. After that. a theoretical account of motion sickness is described, followed by a description of the signs and symptoms of motion sickness. Finally. research that uses an optokinetic drum (a cylinder with black-and-white stripes painted on the inside wall) to produce motion sickness symptoms in human research participants is reviewed. Based on the research, the essential design elements for building an apparatus effective for studying motion sickness in the laboratory are given. Finally, a series of experiments is described and a broad list of research benefits is enumerated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA428175
Entities
People
- Paul N. Rose
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory