The University Of Minnesota tells us that motion sickness is worth research to find out more, and Tom Stoffregen’s research on motion sickness, shows that while we all know people who get motion sick no one is sure why.
"There's an intuitive assumption that motion sickness is caused by the inner ear," he says. So far, the only approach to the problem has been studying how the sensations in the inner ear and eyes are different in situations when motion sickness results. For example, when a person is in a car and the eyes report movement but the body thinks it's stationary.”
Interestingly enough, Stoffregen suggested that no one knows why motion sickness often results in nausea and vomiting. Unfortunately “there is no scientific explanatinon for why seasickness makes you spew, carsickness makes you blow chunks, roller coasters make you ralph, or transoceanic flights to
But despite undergoing tests designed to make people sick, no participants have ever actually done the technicolor yawn in Stoffregen’s lab.
"We're interested in how motion sickness begins, not how it ends," Stoffregen said.
"No on has ever thrown up in my lab. And that's a record I'm proud to keep." Stay tuned because Brain Based Business will be following this research.
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