Citation

Milleville-Pennel I, Charron C. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2015; 74: 192-202.

Affiliation

IRCCyN (Institut de Recherche en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes), CNRS and University of Rennes 2, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2014.10.021

PMID

25463960

Abstract

This study is aimed at determining whether the simulator sickness (SS) experienced by some drivers is influenced by psychological factors, such as cognitive solicitation, affective factors and a feeling of presence. We also wished to determine whether SS is caused by an individual reaction to the virtual environment (VE) itself or can be attributed to a more general personal predisposition. For this reason, we considered three conditions: driving a simulator, driving one's own vehicle and driving a school-owned vehicle. Fourteen expert drivers participated in the study. Each drove under a different experimental condition and then responded to various questionnaires (SSQ, NASA-TLX and QPF). Our results showed that it is possible to identify at least three sources of explanation of why some people are more liable to feel sick in a driving simulator.

Language: en