Driving simulator sickness: Impact on driving performance, influence of blood alcohol concentration, and effect of repeated simulator exposures

• Published in: Accident analysis and prevention Vol. 94; pp. 180 - 187
• Main Authors: Helland, Arne, Lydersen, Stian, Lervåg, Lone-Eirin, Jenssen, Gunnar D., Mørland, Jørg, Slørdal, Lars
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Alcoholic Intoxication - blood; Alcoholic Intoxication - complications; Alcoholic Intoxication - psychology; Alcohols; Automobile driving; Automobile Driving - psychology; Blood Alcohol Content; Computer Simulation; Driving; Drunkenness; Ethanol; Exposure; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Male; Nausea - etiology; Nausea - psychology; Obstacles; Sicknesses; Simulated driving; Simulation; Simulator sickness; Single-Blind Method; Steering wheels; Task Performance and Analysis; Traffic accidents; Simulator sickness; Ethanol; Automobile driving; Traffic accidents; Simulated driving

•Simulator sickness reduced average speed and steering wheel reversal frequency.•Simulator sickness did not influence standard deviation of lateral position (SDLP).•Higher blood alcohol concentration decreased simulator sickness scores.•Simulator sickness may confound and introduce bias in experimen...