Protocol for an Experiment on Controlling Motion Sickness Severity in a Ship Motion Simulator

Abstract

This protocol defines a human performance experiment to assess the feasibility of controlling the motions of a ship motion simulator (SMS) to achieve a moderate severity of motion sickness, which is sustainable for a substantial time. For this experiment, motion sickness severity is assessed by both the subject and experimenter, and the definition of substantial time is bounded by the two-hour duration of each subject's exposure to motions in the SMS. The secondary goals of this experiment are to examine methods for assessing the effects of moderate levels of motion sickness severity on: (i) the reliability of subjective assessment of task duration, (ii) the reliability of subjective assessment of problems performing cognitive tasks; and, (iii) to explore techniques for assessing problems with complex decision making.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA436303

Entities

People

  • J. L. Colwell

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Contraception
  • Data Analysis
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motion Sickness
  • Motor Skills
  • Nato
  • Performance Tests
  • Physical Activity
  • Reliability
  • Ship Motion
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design