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