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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Motion Sickness and Human Performance – Exploring the Impact of Driving Simulator User Trials
Authors : Joseph Smyth, Stewart Birrell, Alex Mouzakitis, Paul Jennings
Published in: Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
To ensure transferability of driving simulator-based user trials (where motion sickness onset is likely) it is important to understand if motion sickness affects human performance and therefore user trial data validity. 51 participants had their task performance ability measured in six defined categories (including physical, cognitive, visual and the intersections of each) both before and after a driving simulator exposure. Their motion sickness state was compared to their change in task completion scores across the six areas. Findings revealed that motion sickness had a significant effect on cognitive performance, physical performance, physical-visual performance and physical-cognitive performance. There was no gender effect on motion sickness severity, but it did affect participant dropout, where female nausea was a significant effector. Age had no effect on motion sickness onset and other findings are also discussed. Conclusions from this research aid in the understanding of simulator-based user trial data validity.