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General Autonomic Components of Motion Sickness
Author(s) -
Cowings Patricia S.,
Suter Steve,
Toscano William B.,
Kamiya Joe,
Naifeh Karen
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1986.tb00671.x
Subject(s) - motion sickness , autonomic nervous system , psychology , malaise , heart rate , pulse rate , basal (medicine) , autonomic function , motion (physics) , audiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , heart rate variability , medicine , blood pressure , psychiatry , insulin , artificial intelligence , computer science
This report refers to a body of investigations directed toward the examination of autonomic nervous system responses to motion sickness. Heart rate, respiration rate, finger pulse volume, and basal skin resistance were measured on 127 men and women before, during, and after exposure to a nauseogenic rotating chair test. Significant changes in all autonomic responses were observed across the tests ( p <.05). Significant differences in autonomic responses among groups divided according to motion sickness susceptibility were also observed ( p <.05). Results suggest that the examination of autonomic responses as an objective indicator of motion sickness malaise is warranted and may contribute to the overall understanding of the syndrome.