Does it feel faster when in the passenger seat?
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It's all down to the inner ear and your canals ... 
They detect the movement of fluid in the middle ear, but this is usually processed along with visual inputs by the brain. Passengers, as opposed to drivers, tend to suffer more from motion sickness because they aren't always looking in the direction of travel.
The Swedish Navy made a clever discovery. They found that most of the sailors in the command room (typically a windowless hole in the centre of the ship) were suffering badly from sea sickness. This was due to the fact that their brains were getting signals about movement, but their eyes were telling them nothing was moving.
The cure was so simple it was brilliant. They fitted chinese hat style lampshades to hanging bulbs in the room. These cast a shadow that moved with the ship, thus creating an artificial horizon. Suddenly the cues from the middle ear were matched by the movement in the horizon and bingo, no more sea sickness.
They detect the movement of fluid in the middle ear, but this is usually processed along with visual inputs by the brain. Passengers, as opposed to drivers, tend to suffer more from motion sickness because they aren't always looking in the direction of travel.
The Swedish Navy made a clever discovery. They found that most of the sailors in the command room (typically a windowless hole in the centre of the ship) were suffering badly from sea sickness. This was due to the fact that their brains were getting signals about movement, but their eyes were telling them nothing was moving.
The cure was so simple it was brilliant. They fitted chinese hat style lampshades to hanging bulbs in the room. These cast a shadow that moved with the ship, thus creating an artificial horizon. Suddenly the cues from the middle ear were matched by the movement in the horizon and bingo, no more sea sickness.
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Originally Posted by Shiskine,Dec 19 2005, 11:31 PM
It's all down to the inner ear and your canals ...
They detect the movement of fluid in the middle ear, but this is usually processed along with visual inputs by the brain. Passengers, as opposed to drivers, tend to suffer more from motion sickness because they aren't always looking in the direction of travel.
The Swedish Navy made a clever discovery. They found that most of the sailors in the command room (typically a windowless hole in the centre of the ship) were suffering badly from sea sickness. This was due to the fact that their brains were getting signals about movement, but their eyes were telling them nothing was moving.
The cure was so simple it was brilliant. They fitted chinese hat style lampshades to hanging bulbs in the room. These cast a shadow that moved with the ship, thus creating an artificial horizon. Suddenly the cues from the middle ear were matched by the movement in the horizon and bingo, no more sea sickness.
They detect the movement of fluid in the middle ear, but this is usually processed along with visual inputs by the brain. Passengers, as opposed to drivers, tend to suffer more from motion sickness because they aren't always looking in the direction of travel.
The Swedish Navy made a clever discovery. They found that most of the sailors in the command room (typically a windowless hole in the centre of the ship) were suffering badly from sea sickness. This was due to the fact that their brains were getting signals about movement, but their eyes were telling them nothing was moving.
The cure was so simple it was brilliant. They fitted chinese hat style lampshades to hanging bulbs in the room. These cast a shadow that moved with the ship, thus creating an artificial horizon. Suddenly the cues from the middle ear were matched by the movement in the horizon and bingo, no more sea sickness.
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