Vection is the main contributor to motion sickness induced by visual yaw rotation: Implications for conflict and eye movement theories.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the role of vection (i.e., a visually induced sense of self-motion), optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), and inadvertent head movements in visually induced motion sickness (VIMS), evoked by yaw rotation of the visual surround. These three elements have all been proposed as contributing factors in VIMS, as they can be linked to different motion sickness theories. However, a full understanding of the role of each factor is still lacking because independent manipulation has proven difficult in the past. We adopted an integrative approach to the problem by obtaining measures of potentially relevant parameters in four experimental conditions and subsequently combining them in a linear mixed regression model. To that end, participants were exposed to visual yaw rotation in four

SUBMITTER: Nooij SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381945 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature