Overview
- Presents a comprehensive review of motion sickness research over the last 25 years
- Discusses laboratory tests used to assess an individual’s susceptibility to motion sickness and his or her ability to adapt
- Describes various desensitization methods previously used by the military to treat susceptible individuals
- Written by one of the world’s leading researchers in the field
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping (NAMESS, volume 6)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
Keywords
- Adaptation to Provocative Motion
- Swing Sickness
- Sopite Syndrome
- Prevention on Motion Sickness
- Anti-motion Sickness Drugs
- Biofeedback Training
- Airsickness Rehabilitation Programme
- Autogenic-feedback Training
- Military Desensitization Programme
- Cognitive-behavioural Desensitization
- Non-pharmacologic Treatment of Motion Sickness
- Motion Sickness Susceptibility
- Cognitive Performance
- Performance Degradation
- Mild Motion Sickness
- Cognitive-behavioural Training
- Motion Sickness Desensitisation
About this book
This book offers a survey of the state of the art in the field of motion sickness. It begins by describing the historical background and the current definition of motion sickness, then discusses the prevalence among individuals, along with the physiological and psychological concomitants of the disorder. It reviews the incidence of motion sickness in numerous provocative motion environments and discusses various personal factors that appear to influence this aspect. Various characteristics of provocative motion stimuli are also described, together with the results of studies conducted in the laboratory, on motion simulators and at sea. Laboratory tests that could potentially be used to assess an individual’s susceptibility to motion sickness and his or her ability to adapt to motion environments are presented in detail, together with the ways in which individuals might be trained to prevent motion sickness or more effectively cope with motion environments. In closing, the book reports on the cognitive-behavioral approach developed by the author (Dobie, 1963) as well as the various desensitization programs employed in military settings, and discusses the relative effectiveness of these methods in comparison to cognitive-behavioral counseling.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Motion Sickness
Book Subtitle: A Motion Adaptation Syndrome
Authors: Thomas G. Dobie
Series Title: Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97493-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97492-7Published: 25 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97493-4Published: 01 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2194-8445
Series E-ISSN: 2194-8453
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 302
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Therapy, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Employee Health and Wellbeing, Human Physiology