title: Mitigating Simulator Adaptation Syndrome by means of tactile stimulation.
abstract: Some drivers experience Simulator Adaptation Syndrome (SAS), a condition in which nausea, disorientation, dizziness, headache, and difficulty focusing, are exhibited when driving in a simulator. To reduce this syndrome, we investigated the efficacy of tactile stimulation (TS) on mitigating Simulator Adaptation Syndrome (SAS) in a driving simulation. Fifteen drivers (eight women; mean age = 24.07 years) participated in this experiment. We compared the total scores of the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) across two stimulation conditions (TS condition and no stimulation condition as a baseline measure). The experimental outcomes revealed that TS seemed to decrease SAS due to attentional distraction from the symptoms and not because of an improvement in balance ability.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile; Département de Psychologie Cognitive & Neuropsychologie, Institut de Psychologie, Laboratoire d'Étude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Université Lyon 2, Lyon, France. Electronic address: german.galvez@ufrontera.cl.
authors.forename: Germán
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gálvez-García
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. Electronic address: j.albayay91@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albayay
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. Electronic address: lucio.rehbein@ufrontera.cl.
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rehbein
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: ftornay@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tornay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001334:Automobile Driving; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003221:Confusion / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004244:Dizziness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013577:Syndrome; D014110:Touch; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Simulator Adaption Syndrome; Tactile stimulation