Abstract
The term “motion sickness” was proposed by Irwin in 1881 to provide a general designation for such similar syndromes as seasickness, train sickness, and the like. This term, imprecise for scientific purposes, has gained wide acceptance because it meets the test of convenience by its etiologic and symptomatic connotations.
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Graybiel, A. (1988). Motion Sickness. In: Sensory Systems: II. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6760-4_21
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