Thomas Stoffregen, PhD, School of Kinesiology professor and director of the Affordance Perception Action Laboratory, is quoted in the article, “Cybersickness: Why People Experience Motion Sickness During Virtual Reality,” by Meeri Kim, Inside Science reporter.

The publication analyzes the significant rates of nausea in virtual reality systems, which are between 40% and 70% of the population after only 15 minutes according to Dr. Stoffregen. However, women are more prone to cybersickness and designers should work to combat this effect. “The existing interactive technologies are sexist in their effects. That is to say, they are more likely to make women sick than men,” says Stoffregen. “But this is not limited to technology — in general, women are more susceptible to motion sickness than men, anytime, anywhere.”