Self-driving carsickness

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 374-382

  Diels, Cyriel ^a   Bos, Jelte E ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Carsickness; Design; Displays; Motion sickness; Sensory conflict; Vehicle automation

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; DISPLAY DEVICES; RISK PERCEPTION;

ANTICIPATION; CARSICKNESS; MOTION SICKNESS; SENSORY CONFLICT; VEHICLE AUTOMATIONS;

DISEASES;

DIMENHYDRINATE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AGE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY POSTURE; CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MOTION SICKNESS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEAT; SELF DRIVING CAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; CAR DRIVING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGE FACTORS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MOTION SICKNESS; POSTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84958668648     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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