Why do some people get motion sickness?
· 23 min
Episode Why do some people get motion sickness?
Sea sickness, car sickness, space sickness – when it comes down to it, it’s all the same.
But not everybody suffers the same. Some people are even lucky enough to grow out of motion sickness.
Norman and Tegan talk about what’s going on when the world goes topsy-turvy, and what you can do about it.
References:
• Motion Sickness • Validating sensory conflict theory and mitigating motion sickness in humans with galvanic vestibular stimulation - Nature • Are evolutionary hypotheses for motion sickness "just-so" stories? • Three studies of motion sickness susceptibility – Federal Aviation Authority • Genetic variants associated with motion sickness point to roles for inner ear development, neurological processes and glucose homeostasis • Motion sickness diagnostic criteria: Consensus Document of the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society • Survey of motion sickness susceptibility in children and adolescents aged 3 months to 18 years • Hopkins History Moments: Neil A. Grauer explains how Hopkins expertise helped prevent seasickness • Remedies for motion sickness: What works? - Harvard Health
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Links in the notes 12
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539706/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s44172-025-00417-2
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3233/VES-2011-0432?__cf_chl_f_tk=P822zOpSia71zL1i.nlD63feMC_sJdcPFTB7g7hO5Eg-1783394733-1.0.1.1-2sfiNBtQhdJGG1lFWbSLmn0gY9Askeo4X9N1scVcJ3Y
- https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/AM76-14.pdf
- https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/24/9/2700/2385879
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9249300/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31087161/
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2019/02/hopkins-history-moments-3
- https://www.health.harvard.edu/preventive-care/remedies-for-motion-sickness-what-works
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/yawning-why-we-yawn-contagious-catch-a-yawn/106617850
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/do-glasses-weaken-eyes/105090422
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/emu-oil-inflammation-skin/105585220
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