Overview

• The peer-reviewed study, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, tested 30 adults prone to carsickness using a calibrated driving simulator and six groups, including four music types, a no-music control, and an early-stop comparison.
• Participants reported the largest symptom reductions with joyful music (57.3%) and soft music (56.7%), compared with passionate music (48.3%), no music (43.3%), and sad music (40%).
• EEG data showed reduced signal complexity in the occipital lobe during peak sickness that moved back toward baseline as participants felt better.
• Authors reported that machine-learning models analyzing EEG could detect the onset of motion sickness in real time, though the analyses remain preliminary.
• Researchers emphasized the small sample and simulator setting, calling for larger real-world studies, personalization by musical preference, and testing across air and sea travel.