0 a feeling of being ill, especially of needing to vomit, that some people get in a moving vehicle
1 illness, esp. a need to vomit, caused by movement when traveling in a boat, car, or aircraft
This outside visual flow is a useless referent and severe motion sickness can appear even in a seated reading subject.
The wristbands were originally developed to combat motion sickness, specifically seasickness, but in recent years have been used in a variety of clinical situations.
Why are between-subject differences about motion sickness so dramatic?
Closing the blinds to reduce the available information suppresses motion sickness by annihilating the conflicting information provided by the two visual referents (cabin and landscape).
Studies have demonstrated that acupressure wristbands can reduce postoperative nausea, motion sickness, morning sickness and chemotherapy-induced nausea.
A neurologist discussed motion sickness in elevators, emphasizing the need for height limitations.
Sopite syndrome: a sometimes sole manifestation of motion sickness.
He also studied problems of aviation, traffic safety, motion sickness, postural instability (especially during stair descent), and the effects of stress on perception.
