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Citation

Hettinger LJ, Berbaum KS, Kennedy RS, Dunlap WP, Nolan MD. Mil. Psychol. 1990; 2(3): 171-181.

Affiliation

Essex Corporation.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11537522

Abstract

Simulator sickness has been identified as a form of motion sickness in which users of simulators exhibit symptoms characteristic of true motion sickness. In a fixed-base simulator, visual and vestibular sources of information specifying dynamic orientation are in conflict to the extent that the optical flow pattern viewed by the pilot creates a compelling illusion of self-motion, which is not corroborated by the inertial forces transmitted through the vestibular sense organs. Visually induced illusory self-motion is known as vection, and a strict interpretation of sensory conflict theory of motion sickness suggests that vection in a fixed-base simulator would be a necessary precondition for simulator sickness. Direct confirmation of this relation is reported in this article.


Language: en

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