Comments on: Motion Sickness http://www.snedblog.com/2009/06/motion-sickness/ Something New Every Few Months is More Accurate Lately, But Doesn't Have the Same Ring to It Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ep0pEE http://www.snedblog.com/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1809 Ep0pEE Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:41:30 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/index.php/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1809 That sounds plausible. That sounds plausible.

]]> By: Tom http://www.snedblog.com/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1804 Tom Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:33:05 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/index.php/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1804 Great comment. But the next question is, why do some of us get motion sickness, and others don't?<br /><br />I will accept "people who don't get motion sick are evolutionally more advanced" as an answer. Great comment. But the next question is, why do some of us get motion sickness, and others don't?

I will accept "people who don't get motion sick are evolutionally more advanced" as an answer.

]]> By: Ep0pEE http://www.snedblog.com/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1799 Ep0pEE Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:06:18 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/index.php/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1799 Actually, it is much cooler than that. The inner ear is filled with fluid and lined with little hairs. As you move the fluid sloshes around and stimulates the hairs. The brain then interprets this to determine which direction the motion is in. This is why you cannot walk a straight line after spinning in a circle; the fluid in your inner ear is still spinning, telling your brain that you are still spinning (which can be solved by spinning the other direction).<br /><br />So, the inner ear feels the forward motion of the car, the eyes see a motionless page of a book, and you end up puking your guts out on the side of some AZ highway that uses the metric system. Actually, it is much cooler than that. The inner ear is filled with fluid and lined with little hairs. As you move the fluid sloshes around and stimulates the hairs. The brain then interprets this to determine which direction the motion is in. This is why you cannot walk a straight line after spinning in a circle; the fluid in your inner ear is still spinning, telling your brain that you are still spinning (which can be solved by spinning the other direction).

So, the inner ear feels the forward motion of the car, the eyes see a motionless page of a book, and you end up puking your guts out on the side of some AZ highway that uses the metric system.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.snedblog.com/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1798 Jeff Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:59:06 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/index.php/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1798 That could be my fault (or not), what I meant was stuff like the sound of the highway and the wind going by. That could be my fault (or not), what I meant was stuff like the sound of the highway and the wind going by.

]]> By: Ep0pEE http://www.snedblog.com/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1797 Ep0pEE Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:55:37 +0000 http://www.snedblog.com/index.php/2009/06/motion-sickness/#comment-1797 "hearing the sounds of movement" WTF?<br /><br />@Discovery Channel: Do me a favor and research the functions of the inner ear. "hearing the sounds of movement" WTF?

@Discovery Channel: Do me a favor and research the functions of the inner ear.

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