The role of vection, eye movements and postural instability in the etiology of motion sickness

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-346

  Flanagan, Moira B ^a,c   May, James G ^a   Dobie, Thomas G ^b  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

^b UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Motion sickness; Posture; Sensory conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; MOTION SICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; MOTION SICKNESS; POSTURE;

EID: 4344661133     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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