ArticleExperimental brain research2014
Motion sickness: more than nausea and vomiting.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Investigation of Heart Rate Variability Indices in Motion Sickness.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of simulator sickness as a function of simulator fidelity.Experimental brain research · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluating fluid-filled glasses for motion sickness symptom mitigation in a computer-assisted rehabilitation environment (CAREN).Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Visually Induced Motion Sickness: An eLORETA Study.Brain topography · 2024Trial
- The effects of meclizine on motion sickness revisited.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020Trial
- Vestibular time constant and individual susceptibility to motion sickness in real-world driving.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Designing for Wayfinding in VR: Linking Navigation Interfaces to Spatial Learning and Cognitive Mapping.Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference · 2026Article
- What goes down may come up: regurgitative behaviors and their underlying gut-brain axes-insights from genetic models and related pathologies.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Review
- Neural changes in microgravity: Investigating the effects of aerospace environments.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- The gut feeling in motion sickness.Communications biology · 2025Review
- Blood flow restriction training in microgravity: a review of multisystem physiological benefits and implementation challenges for long-duration space missions.NPJ microgravity · 2025Review
- Reducing motion sickness during simulated astronaut post-spaceflight water landings using anticipatory cues or postural control.NPJ microgravity · 2025Article
- Validating sensory conflict theory and mitigating motion sickness in humans with galvanic vestibular stimulation.Communications engineering · 2025Article
- Riding the hilltop: practical implementation and assessment of an implicit hilltop illusion.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Quantitative study on objective indicators for assessing motion sickness susceptibility based on Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex experiments.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Microgravity and Human Body: Unraveling the Potential Role of Heat-Shock Proteins in Spaceflight and Future Space Missions.Biology · 2024Review
- Neuro-ophthalmic and Neuro-otologic Evaluation in Individuals with Motion Sickness Susceptibility.The journal of international advanced otology · 2024Article
- A computational model of motion sickness dynamics during passive self-motion in the dark.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
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- Analysis of cybersickness in virtual nursing simulation: a German longitudinal study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
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Abstract
Motion sickness is a complex syndrome that includes many features besides nausea and vomiting. This review describes some of these factors and points out that under normal circumstances, many cases of motion sickness go unrecognized. Motion sickness can occur during exposure to physical motion, visual motion, and virtual motion, and only those without a functioning vestibular system are fully immune. The range of vulnerability in the normal population varies about 10,000 to 1. Sleep deprivation can also enhance susceptibility. Systematic studies conducted in parabolic flight have identified velocity storage of semicircular canal signals-velocity integration-as being a key factor in both space motion sickness and terrestrial motion sickness. Adaptation procedures that have been developed to increase resistance to motion sickness reduce this time constant. A fully adequate theory of motion sickness is not presently available. Limitations of two popular theories, the evolutionary and the ecological, are described. A sensory conflict theory can explain many but not all aspects of motion sickness elicitation. However, extending the theory to include conflicts related to visceral afferent feedback elicited by voluntary and passive body motion greatly expands its explanatory range. Future goals should include determining why some conflicts are provocative and others are not but instead lead to perceptual reinterpretations of ongoing body motion. The contribution of visceral afferents in relation to vestibular and cerebellar signals in evoking sickness also deserves further exploration. Substantial progress is being made in identifying the physiological mechanisms underlying the evocation of nausea, vomiting, and anxiety, and a comprehensive understanding of motion sickness may soon be attainable. Adequate anti-motion sickness drugs without adverse side effects are not yet available.
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