TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Multiple exposition to a driving simulator reduces simulator symptoms for elderly drivers
JO  - Proceedings of the ... international driving symposium on human factors in driver assessment, training and vehicle design
A1  - Teasdale, Normand
A1  - Lavallière, Martin
A1  - Tremblay, Mathieu
A1  - Laurendeau, Denis
A1  - Simoneau, Martin
SP  - 169
EP  - 175
VL  - 5
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N2  - This study examines how older drivers responded to repeated exposures to a driver simulator. Older active and fit drivers participated in 5 simulator sessions within a 14-day period. For each session, simulator sickness symptoms were measured with the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire at baseline and post-session. In addition, participants completed a 10-cm visual analog scale (0= no symptom, 10= mild nausea) at baseline and after a familiarization scenario and post-session. Overall, older adults adapted to the driving simulator and by the fourth session, they showed no difference in sickness scores between the baseline and the post-session measurements. Increasing the exposure duration at session 5 yielded an increase in the sickness symptoms. These results suggest that shorter- duration multiple exposures could reduce simulator sickness symptoms in elderly drivers and allow a more effective use of simulators for training by preventing early withdrawal of participants.<p />
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -