Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Psychological Institute, Department of General and Experimental Psychology, Wallstrasse 3, 55099 Mainz, Germany; Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Department of Research, Technology Team/iDAPT, 550 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 2A2, Canada.
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Psychological Institute, Department of General and Experimental Psychology, Wallstrasse 3, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Appl Ergon. 2014 May;45(3):521-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.07.009. Epub 2013 Aug 17.
Visually induced motion sickness (VIMS) is a well-known side-effect in virtual environments or simulators. However, effective behavioral countermeasures against VIMS are still sparse. In this study, we tested whether music can reduce the severity of VIMS. Ninety-three volunteers were immersed in an approximately 14-minute-long video taken during a bicycle ride. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups, either including relaxing music, neutral music, stressful music, or no music. Sickness scores were collected using the Fast Motion Sickness Scale and the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire. Results showed an overall trend for relaxing music to reduce the severity of VIMS. When factoring in the subjective pleasantness of the music, a significant reduction of VIMS occurred only when the presented music was perceived as pleasant, regardless of the music type. In addition, we found a gender effect with women reporting more sickness than men. We assume that the presentation of pleasant music can be an effective, low-cost, and easy-to-administer method to reduce VIMS.
视觉诱导运动病（VIMS）是虚拟环境或模拟器中众所周知的副作用。然而，针对 VIMS 的有效行为对策仍然很少。在这项研究中，我们测试了音乐是否可以减轻 VIMS 的严重程度。93 名志愿者沉浸在一段大约 14 分钟长的自行车骑行视频中。参与者被随机分配到四个实验组中的一个，包括放松音乐、中性音乐、紧张音乐或无音乐。使用快速运动病量表和模拟器病问卷收集病征评分。结果显示，放松音乐总体上有减轻 VIMS 严重程度的趋势。当考虑到音乐的主观愉悦度时，只有当呈现的音乐被感知为愉悦时，才会显著减轻 VIMS，而与音乐类型无关。此外，我们发现了一种性别效应，女性报告的病征比男性多。我们假设，播放愉快的音乐可以是一种有效、低成本且易于管理的方法，以减轻 VIMS。
