# How rollercoasters affect your body

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Brian D. Avery
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Biology, Medicine and health, Astronomy and space, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_d_avery_how_rollercoasters_affect_your_body)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1895, crowds flooded Coney Island to see America's first-ever looping coaster: the Flip Flap Railway. But its thrilling flip caused cases of severe whiplash, neck injury and even ejections. Today, coasters can pull off far more exciting tricks and do it safely. Brian D. Avery investigates what roller coasters are doing to your body and how they've managed to get scarier and safer at the same time. \[TED-Ed Animation by Stretch Films Inc\].

## Lectures

1. [How rollercoasters affect your body](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/brian_d_avery_how_rollercoasters_affect_your_body/bcfea70c773e), 5 min (TED's player)