Joint and individual effectiveness of galvanic cutaneous stimulation and tactile stimulation at decreasing Simulator Adaptation Syndrome

  1. Gálvez García, Germán 13
  2. Albayay, Javier 2
  3. Fonseca, Fernando Taveira da 1
  4. Bascour Sandoval, Claudio 14
  1. 1 Universidad de La Frontera
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    Universidad de La Frontera

    Temuco, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/04v0snf24

  2. 2 University of Padua
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    University of Padua

    Padua, Italia

    ROR https://ror.org/00240q980

  3. 3 Départament des Sciences Cognitives, Psychologie Cognitive & Neuropsicologie, Institut de Psychologie, Laboratoire d'Étude des Mécanismes Cognitives, Université Lyon 2, Bron, France
  4. 4 Universidad Autónoma de Chile
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    Universidad Autónoma de Chile

    Temuco, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/010r9dy59

Revista:
PLOS ONE

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 15

Número: 10

Páginas: 1-15

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0240627 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openGREDOS editor

Resumen

[EN]This research was focused on investigating the effectiveness of galvanic cutaneous stimulation and tactile stimulation jointly and individually at mitigating Stimulator Adaptation Syndrome. Forty drivers (mean age = 23.1 +- 3.4 years old, twenty women) participated in a driving simulation experiment. Total scores of the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire, head movements (an index of body balance), and driving performance variables were compared across four different stimulation conditions: i) baseline (where no stimulation was presented), ii) galvanic cutaneous stimulation and iii) tactile stimulation deployed individually, and iv) both techniques deployed jointly. The results showed that both techniques presented un conjunction alleviate Simulator Adaptation Syndrome and improve driving performance more effectively that when they are presented in isolation. Importantely, reduced head movements were only revealed when galvanic cutaneous stimulation was applied. We concluded that the reduction of this syndrome is due to an improvement of body balance (elicited by galvanic cutaneous stimulation), and a distraction from the sympotms (elicited by tactile stimulation). We encourage the use of both techniques simultaneously to decrease Simulator Adaptation Syndrome.