Events: detail
Motion Sickness: Friend or Foe?
- Hosted by:
- University of westminster
- Speaker:
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Prof John Golding, University of westminster
- Starts:
- March 28, 2007 at 07:00 pm
- Ends:
- March 28, 2007 at 09:00 pm
- Location:
- University of Westminster,, Headquarters, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, London, United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
“… sailing on the sea proves that motion disorders the body …” observed the Greek physician Hippocrates over two thousand years ago. ‘Nausea’ derives from the Greek root word ‘naus’, hence ‘nautical’ meaning a ship. Nowadays there is a potential to cause motion sickness in a wide range of situations – in cars, tilting trains, funfair rides, aircraft, weightlessness in outer-space, virtual reality and simulators. The general term ‘motion sickness’ embraces car-sickness, air-sickness, space-sickness, sea-sickness, etc. This talk will examine the possible causes of motion sickness and the effectiveness of prevention and treatment.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
For more information
- Contact person:
- Prof John Golding
