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Vestibular Stimulation on a Motion-Simulator Impacts on Mood States

We are familiar with both pleasant and unpleasant psychotropic effects of movements associated with vestibular stimulation. However, there has been no attempt to scientifically explore the impact of different kinds of vestibular stimulation on mood states and biomarkers. A sample of 23 healthy volun...

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Autores principales: Winter, Lotta, Kruger, Tillmann H. C., Laurens, Jean, Engler, Harald, Schedlowski, Manfred, Straumann, Dominik, Wollmer, M. Axel
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23181042
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00499
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author Winter, Lotta
Kruger, Tillmann H. C.
Laurens, Jean
Engler, Harald
Schedlowski, Manfred
Straumann, Dominik
Wollmer, M. Axel
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Straumann, Dominik
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description We are familiar with both pleasant and unpleasant psychotropic effects of movements associated with vestibular stimulation. However, there has been no attempt to scientifically explore the impact of different kinds of vestibular stimulation on mood states and biomarkers. A sample of 23 healthy volunteers were subjected to a random sequence of three different passive rotational (yaw, pitch, roll) and translational (heave, sway, surge) vestibular stimulation paradigms using a motion-simulator (hexapod). Mood states were measured by means of questionnaires and visual analog scales. In addition, saliva cortisol and α-amylase samples were taken. Compared to a subliminal control paradigm all rotational and two translational stimulations produced significant changes in mood states: Yaw rotation was associated with feeling more comfortable, pitch rotation with feeling more alert and energetic, and roll rotation with feeling less comfortable. Heave translation was associated with feeling more alert, less relaxed, and less comfortable and surge translation with feeling more alert. Biomarkers were not affected. In conclusion, we provide first experimental evidence that passive rotational and translational movements may influence mood states on a short-term basis and that the quality of these psychotropic effects may depend on the plane and axis of the respective movements.
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spelling pubmed-35020372012-11-23 Vestibular Stimulation on a Motion-Simulator Impacts on Mood States Winter, Lotta Kruger, Tillmann H. C. Laurens, Jean Engler, Harald Schedlowski, Manfred Straumann, Dominik Wollmer, M. Axel Front Psychol Psychology We are familiar with both pleasant and unpleasant psychotropic effects of movements associated with vestibular stimulation. However, there has been no attempt to scientifically explore the impact of different kinds of vestibular stimulation on mood states and biomarkers. A sample of 23 healthy volunteers were subjected to a random sequence of three different passive rotational (yaw, pitch, roll) and translational (heave, sway, surge) vestibular stimulation paradigms using a motion-simulator (hexapod). Mood states were measured by means of questionnaires and visual analog scales. In addition, saliva cortisol and α-amylase samples were taken. Compared to a subliminal control paradigm all rotational and two translational stimulations produced significant changes in mood states: Yaw rotation was associated with feeling more comfortable, pitch rotation with feeling more alert and energetic, and roll rotation with feeling less comfortable. Heave translation was associated with feeling more alert, less relaxed, and less comfortable and surge translation with feeling more alert. Biomarkers were not affected. In conclusion, we provide first experimental evidence that passive rotational and translational movements may influence mood states on a short-term basis and that the quality of these psychotropic effects may depend on the plane and axis of the respective movements. Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3502037/ /pubmed/23181042 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00499 Text en Copyright © 2012 Winter, Kruger, Laurens, Engler, Schedlowski, Straumann and Wollmer. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc.
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Winter, Lotta
Kruger, Tillmann H. C.
Laurens, Jean
Engler, Harald
Schedlowski, Manfred
Straumann, Dominik
Wollmer, M. Axel
Vestibular Stimulation on a Motion-Simulator Impacts on Mood States
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23181042
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