Bonato Frederick, Bubka Andrea, Ishak Shaziela, Graveline Veronica
Department of Psychology, Saint Peter's College, 2641 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07306, USA.
Perception. 2011;40(4):493-6. doi: 10.1068/p6829.
The nauseogenic properties of a patterned rug that reputedly caused motion-sickness-like symptoms in those who viewed it was the topic of this study. Naive observers viewed a 1:1 scale image of the black-and-white patterned rug and a homogeneous gray region of equivalent luminance in a counterbalanced within-subjects design. After 5 min of viewing, symptoms were assessed with the simulator sickness questionnaire (SSQ), yielding a total SSQ score and sub-scores for nausea, oculomotor symptoms, and disorientation. All four scores were significantly higher in the rug condition. Observers also reported significantly more self-motion perception in the rug condition, even though they were seated during the experiment. Results are consistent with findings that suggest that neurologically normal individuals who view a repeating static pattern can experience unpleasant symptoms, some of which are similar to motion sickness.
一块据称会让观看者出现类似晕动病症状的图案地毯的致呕特性是本研究的主题。在一项被试内平衡设计中，未接触过该地毯的观察者观看了黑白图案地毯的1:1比例图像以及亮度相当的均匀灰色区域。观看5分钟后，使用模拟器晕动病问卷（SSQ）评估症状，得出SSQ总分以及恶心、动眼症状和定向障碍的子分数。在观看地毯的情况下，所有这四个分数都显著更高。观察者还报告说，在观看地毯的情况下，自我运动感知明显更多，尽管他们在实验过程中是坐着的。研究结果与以下发现一致，即观看重复静态图案的神经功能正常个体可能会出现不适症状，其中一些症状与晕动病相似。
