Introduction to and review of simulator sickness research /

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 revie...

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Main Author:	Johnson, David M.
Corporate Author:	U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Rotary-Wing Aviation Research Unit
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Fort Rucker, AL : Rotary-Wing Aviation Research Unit, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, [2005]
Series:	Research report (U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences) ; 1832.
Subjects:	Simulator sickness > Research > United States. Helicopters. Stress Physiology. Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics. Flight training. Motion sickness. Training devices. Theory. Signs and symptoms. Operational effectiveness. Conflict. Flight simulators. Flight simulation. Instability. Senses(physiology) Space simulation chambers. HELICOPTER FLIGHT TRAINING MOTION SICKNESS THEORY POSTURAL INSTABILITY THEORY SENSORY CONFLICT THEORY SIMULATION SICKNESS THEORY SIMULATOR SICKNESS PE62278A WUARIA790231
Online Access:	http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA434495 https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS94125

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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed on May 9, 2008). "April 2005." "Personnel Performance and Training Technology." "Army Project Number 2O262785A790." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	ix, 59 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the U.S. Army Research Institute web site. Address as of 05/09/08: http://www.hqda.army.mil/ari/pdf/RR%201832.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-59).
Access:	Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.