Yawning as a Behavioral Marker of Mild Motion Sickness and Sopite Syndrome

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McCauley, Michael E.
Matsangas, Panagiotis
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yawning
mild motion sickness
sopite syndrome
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2014-06
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June 2014
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Introduction: Severe motion sickness is easily identifiable with sufferers showing obvious behavioral signs, including emesis (vomiting). Mild motion sickness and sopite syndrome lack such clear and objective behavioral markers. We postulate that yawning may have the potential to be used in operational settings as such a marker. This study assesses the utility of yawning as a behavioral marker for the identification of soporific effects by investigating the association between yawning and mild motion sickness/sopite syndrome in a controlled environment.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.3357/ASEM.3897.2014
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Operations Research
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Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 85, No. 6, June 2014
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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