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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Perception Science
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1476021
This article is part of the Research Topic Challenges and Current Research Status of Vertigo/Vestibular Diseases Volume III View all 5 articles

Mixing Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation and Galvanic Cutaneous Stimulation to decrease Simulator Adaptation Syndrome

Provisionally accepted
Germán Gálvez-García Germán Gálvez-García 1,2*Patricio Mena Chamorro Patricio Mena Chamorro 1Tomás Espinoza-Palavicino Tomás Espinoza-Palavicino 1Tatiana Romero-Arias Tatiana Romero-Arias 3Mauricio Barramuño-Medina Mauricio Barramuño-Medina 4Claudio Bascour-Sandoval Claudio Bascour-Sandoval 1
  • 1 University of La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
  • 2 University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
  • 3 European University of the Canary Islands, La Orotava, Spain
  • 4 Autonomous University of Chile, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region (RM), Chile

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    Purpose: Simulator Adaptation Syndrome arises from a perceptual discordance between expected and actual motion, giving rise to symptoms such as nausea and disorientation. This research focused on determining the benefit of Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) and Galvanic Cutaneous Stimulation (GCS), where both were applied in conjunction, as compared to their administration in isolation, to decrease Simulator Adaptation Syndrome (SAS). Method: A driving simulation study was proposed where SAS, body balance, and driving performance were measured. These measurements were taken during seven different stimulation scenarios with a baseline condition without stimulation compared against tVNS and GCS conditions. Results: The main result showed that the combination of tVNS and GCS reduced SAS and improved body balance and driving performance more successfully than their administration in isolation. Conclusion: Similar neuromodulation in the temporoparietal junction is proposed to mitigate SAS for GCS and tVNS (although additional explanations are discussed). Applying both techniques simultaneously is encouraged to decrease SAS in future interventions.

    Keywords: Simulator Adaptation Syndrome, Motion Sickness, Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation, galvanic cutaneous stimulation, neurostimulation

    Received: 04 Aug 2024; Accepted: 13 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Gálvez-García, Mena Chamorro, Espinoza-Palavicino, Romero-Arias, Barramuño-Medina and Bascour-Sandoval. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Germán Gálvez-García, University of La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

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