Published: April 11, 2023 8.05am EDT Author James Phillips Research Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery and Director of UW Medicine’s Dizziness and Balance Center, University of Washington My first experience with motion sickness was as a college student, standing on the back of a marine research vessel looking at interesting things dredged from...
by Saima Rajasingam, The Conversation Motion sickness affects people of all ages. Credit: metamorworks/ Shutterstock If you’re someone who suffers from motion sickness, traveling in many types of vehicles can be difficult thanks to a host of symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea and even vomiting. But it’s not completely clear why some people can read and...
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK IMAGE: WMG’S 3XD SIMULATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK. CREDIT: WMG, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Visuospatial training exercises can train the brain to reduce motion sickness, providing a potential remedy for future passengers riding in autonomous vehicles. Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick reduced motion sickness by over 50% using the training tool...
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba show that the wives of men with major cardiovascular disease risk factors, namely hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia, are more prone to suffer from the same disorders UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA Tsukuba, Japan – Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing nearly 18 million people annually, which is...
by Ric Day And Andrew Mclachlan, The Conversation Motion sickness can be mild, but in some people it’s debilitating, and takes the fun out of a holiday. We think it’s caused by temporary dysfunction of our brain’s balance centres. The perception of motion of any sort can bring on symptoms of travel sickness. These include dizziness, nausea, vomiting, excessive saliva, rapid breathing and cold sweats....
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have made progress towards predicting who is likely to feel sick from virtual reality technology. In a recent study, the researchers found they could predict whether an individual will experience cybersickness (motion sickness caused by virtual reality) by how much they sway in response to a moving visual field....
