Prevention of Motion Sickness

Abstract

Intro; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Motion Sickness; Abstract; 1.1 Definition of Motion Sickness; 1.2 Symptoms and Signs of Motion Sickness; 1.3 Physiological Responses; 1.4 Symptoms and Signs of Simulator Sickness; 1.5 Performance Degradation and Effect of Severity and Motion Sickness; 1.6 Sopite Syndrome; 1.7 A Sopite Syndrome Thesis; 1.8 Motion Sickness as a Stressor; 1.9 Summary; References; 2 Incidence of Motion Sickness; Abstract; 2.1 Seasickness; 2.2 Airsickness; 2.3 Space Adaptation Syndrome; 2.4 Simulator Sickness 2.5 Sickness Related to Virtual Reality Systems2.6 Motion Sickness in Other Forms of Provocative Motion; 2.7 Summary; References; 3 Correlates of Susceptibility to Motion Sickness; Abstract; 3.1 Motion Sickness Related to Age; 3.2 Motion Sickness Related to the Sex of the Subject; 3.3 Why Are Females More Likely to Be Motion Sick?; 3.4 Motion Sickness Related to Race or Culture; 3.5 Motion Sickness Related to Physical Fitness; 3.6 Summary; References; 4 Characteristics of the Provocative Motion Stimuli; Abstract; 4.1 Laboratory Studies; 4.2 Motion Simulator Studies; 4.3 At-Sea Studies 4.4 In-Flight Study4.5 Parabolic Flight Studies; 4.6 Underwater Studies; 4.7 Motion Frequencies of Concern; 4.8 Summary; References; 5 Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Motion Sickness; Abstract; 5.1 Vestibular Overstimulation Theory; 5.2 Sensory Conflict Theory; 5.3 Neural Mismatch Hypothesis; 5.4 Visual/Inertial Rearrangements; 5.5 Canal/Otolith Rearrangements; 5.6 Vestibular/Proprioceptor Mismatch; 5.7 Heuristic Mathematical Model; 5.8 Subjective Vertical Conflict Theory; 5.9 Postural Instability Theory; 5.10 Other Intermodality Conflicts; 5.11 Treisman's Evolutionary Hypothesis 5.12 Nystagmus Hypothesis5.13 Summary; References; 6 Psychological Mechanisms That Exacerbate Motion Sickness; Abstract; 6.1 Arousal; 6.2 Personality Factors; 6.3 Measured Stress Responses; 6.4 Relationship of Salivary Gland Function to Personality and Motion Sickness; 6.5 Theoretical Considerations; 6.6 Summary; References; 7 Adaptation to Provocative Motion; Abstract; 7.1 Protective Adaptation; 7.2 Mal de Debarquement; 7.3 Adaptation-Specific or General?; 7.4 Reduction of Visually-Induced Motion Sickness Elicited by Changes in Illumination Wavelength 7.5 Generalisation of Tolerance to Motion Environments7.6 The Transfer of Adaptation Between Actual and Simulated Rotary Stimulation; 7.7 Summary; Reference; 8 Prediction of Susceptibility to Motion Sickness; Abstract; 8.1 Prevention of Motion Sickness by Candidate Selection; 8.2 Selection by Means of Motion Sickness Questionnaires; 8.3 Tests for Grading Susceptibility to Motion Sickness; 8.4 Comments Regarding Prediction; 8.5 Summary; References; 9 Prevention of Motion Sickness; Abstract; 9.1 Vehicular Design; 9.2 General Measures; 9.3 The Mitigation of Specific Precipitating Factors