Abstract
This study marks the first exploration of whether a non-invasive transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on the left parietal cortex can reduce VR motion sickness (VRMS) induced by a commercial VR relaxation app. Two VRMS conditions were examined for 36 healthy young adults: 1) pure VRMS without a moving platform; 2) VRMS with a side-to-side rotary chair. Participants underwent three counterbalanced tACS protocols at the beta frequency band (sham, treatment, and control). Contrary to our hypothesis, the treatment protocol did not significantly reduce VRMS in either condition. Given the protocol's prior success in our previous tACS study, we discussed potential factors hindering the replication of our earlier achievement.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2024 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9798350374490 |
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| Publication status | Published - 29 May 2024 |
Funding
This project is supported in part by the European Research Council (ERC) through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant 835197, and in part by the UKRI’s EPSRC IAA under Grant EP/X5257161/1.