Abstract

Susceptibility to motion sickness varies greatly across individuals. However, the neural mechanisms underlying this susceptibility remain largely unclear. To address this gap, the current study aimed to identify the neural correlates of motion sickness susceptibility using multimodal MRI. First, we compared resting‐state functional connectivity between healthy individuals who were highly susceptible to motion sickness (N = 36) and age/sex‐matched controls who showed low susceptibility (N = 36). Seed‐based analysis revealed between‐group differences in functional connectivity of core vestibular regions in the left posterior Sylvian fissure. A data‐driven approach using intrinsic connectivity contrast found greater network centrality of the left intraparietal sulcus in high‐ rather than in low‐susceptible individuals. Moreover, exploratory structural connectivity analysis uncovered an association between motion sickness susceptibility and white matter integrity in the left inferior fronto‐occipital fasciculus. Taken together, our data indicate left parietal involvement in motion sickness susceptibility.

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