Motion Sickness
It’s a fundamental problem that’s kind of been swept under the carpet in the tech industry. It’s a natural response to an unnatural environment - Cyriel Diels
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Life isn't fair. One of the clearest instances of this is the mysterious illness scientists call kinetosis — which most people know as motion sickness.
Some people seemingly start to feel sick the instant they sit down in the passenger seat. If you're one of them, a winding road, a fast-accelerating driver, or being in the back seat is enough to make you utterly nauseated.
Then there are the lucky ones immune to such ills. They sit in the back seat and read for hours as the road winds back and forth, then spring up when the ride is over, oblivious to your misery.
What accounts for the difference? The frustrating truth is that we don't really know. Scientists have found…
Resources
How to Deal With Motion Sickness
LET YOUR EYES SEE THE MOVEMENT When motion sickness hits, it’s natural to want to keep your eyes shut or lie down, but Dr. Derebery recommends doing the opposite.
Motion Sickness: Don't Let Car Sickness Ruin Your Travel Plans
Motion sickness, car sickness, travel sickness, sea sickness; all names for that awful affliction that strikes fear into some of us at the mere thought of taking a journey. Those who don’t suffer from it have no idea how it feels, and those that do dread long trips, windy roads and rough seas. Even typing the words makes me feel queasy!
The newest ailment to worry about at the office? Motion sickness
Some of the world’s tallest buildings sway back and forth over three feet, which can be less than fun for the employees inside them. People who work near the top of tall buildings have reported problems with nausea, headaches, or even anxiety and fear (especially on windy days)...
Are Self-Driving Cars a Motion-Sickness Nightmare Waiting to Happen?
Researchers at U-M’s Transportation Research Institute say that there are features inherent in driverless cars that make the risk of car sickness more likely. Not keeping one’s eyes on the area of motion, and being unable to anticipate which way the car will go, increases the likelihood of motion sickness.
Coping with motion sickness
Change the circumstances that can lead to conflict between your senses and make you sick.
Feeling Woozy? It May Be Cyber Sickness
A peculiar side effect of the 21st century is something called digital motion sickness or cybersickness. Increasingly common, according to medical and media experts, it causes a person to feel woozy, as if on a boat in a churning sea, from viewing moving digital content. “It’s a fundamental problem that’s kind of been swept under the carpet in the tech industry,” said Cyriel Diels, a cognitive psychologist and human factors researcher at Coventry University’s Center for Mobility and Transport in England. “It’s a natural response to an unnatural environment.”
Here's Why You Get Car Sick: Your Brain Thinks It's Being Poisoned
Experts think that car sickness (or any kind of similar motion sickness) is brought on because humans have only recently started travelling in things like cars, buses, and boats, and our brains haven't fully adapted yet.
How to Avoid Motion Sickness While Traveling
Make peace with the fact that you can’t control every factor of a trip — or anything in life. Just prepare as well as you can, for motion sickness as much as everything else, and if the punches come, be ready to roll with them.
How To Stop Motion Sickness When Traveling
I hope some of these tips help you guys & for all my nauseous travelers, you are not alone!
New Views of Motion Sickness
Part of the difficulty with devising treatments is that experts don't know exactly what causes motion sickness. The prevailing belief is it is caused by a sensory mismatch between the visual and vestibular systems. The vestibular system, which is part of the inner ear, monitors movement and helps control balance.
Rethinking Motion Sickness
Still, like the common cold, there may be no single explanation for motion sickness. Neither he nor anyone else has explained why there should be any subjective consequences to getting in a car, or why we maintain a lifelong talent for riding a bicycle while even experienced sailors struggle at sea after months on land. Current treatments for motion sickness do little more than induce drowsiness, Dr. Stoffregen said. On a recent cruise, the crew spent two days wondering where he’d disappeared to.
The Mysterious Science of Motion Sickness
New research starts to explain why some people feel nauseous on cars, boats, buses, and carnival rides, while others don't.
Why doesn’t the driver get carsick?
If you are one of the unlucky who get carsick, you probably know quite well that being the driver is much less nauseating than being a passenger. But why is this the case?
Why You Get Motion Sickness And What You Can Do About It
Everyone has the capacity to become motion sick, but there’s no real explanation for why some people do and others don’t.
Here's why you get carsick — even when other people don't
Life isn't fair. One of the clearest instances of this is the mysterious illness scientists call kinetosis — which most people know as motion sickness. Some people seemingly start to feel sick the instant they sit down in the passenger seat. If you're one of them, a winding road, a fast-accelerating driver, or being in the back seat is enough to make you utterly nauseated. Then there are the lucky ones immune to such ills.
5 Tricks To Help You Prevent Motion Sickness Every Time
Fortunately, the condition is preventable. Below, we look at ways to prevent motion sickness before it sets in.
7 Tips to Defeating Motion Sickness
Oh motion sickness, why do you plague us so? We’ve taken Antarctic cruises and Arctic expeditions to far and distant lands to gaze in wonder at the Aurora Borealis, to marvel at clean unpopulated snow-scapes, to meet the local wildlife… …or we would be doing all those things if we weren’t so busy hanging over the side of the ship and introducing the marine life to what we had for lunch.
Motion Sickness Guru
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