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Record Nr.

UNINA9910696523303321

Autore

Johnson David M

Titolo

Introduction to and review of simulator sickness research [[electronic resource] /] / David M. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fort Rucker, AL : , : Rotary-Wing Aviation Research Unit, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, , [2005]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 59 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Research report ; ; 1832

Soggetti

Simulator sickness - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on May 9, 2008).

"April 2005."

"Personnel Performance and Training Technology."

"Army Project Number 2O262785A790."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59).

Sommario/riassunto

This report reviews, and explains the research literature pertaining to simulator sickness. Simulator sickness is a form of motion sickness. Consequently, motion sickness is reviewed also. Special emphasis is given to simulator-based flight training--especially helicopter flight training. This review includes the sensory basis of the perception of motion, the terminology of motion sickness and simulator sickness, a selected history of these research fields, sickness signs and symptoms, measurement issues, incidence of sickness, residual aftereffects, adaptation to a novel motion environment, susceptibility factors, performance issues, training issues, safety issues, treatment, theory, guidelines for simulator-based flight training, and suggestions for further research. The sensory conflict theory and the postural instability theory are described insofar as they relate both to motion sickness and to simulator sickness. The effect of simulator sickness on training effectiveness, if any, remains a subject for future applied research.