Now I have never heard of that possibility; very interesting!
Chris
On 22 Nov 2004, at 6:53, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
> I have been told that this reaction has had strong survival value in
> our evolution because toxins from things like poison mushrooms and
> other toxic bits in a newly encountered environment resulted in the
> same lack of agreement between canals and eyes in our earliest
> ancestors causing them to upchuck(Americanism) the experimental taste
> before death occurred. I suppose that I can take pride in the fact that
> this heritage is still strong in me since even an enthusiastic mountain
> drive in a softly sprung sedan can cause a queasy reaction in me. Or a
> prolonged earthquake aftershock in a tall, swaying office building.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
> On Nov 21, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> In fact this is apparently why people suffer from motion sickness: the
>> eyes provide a strong balance cue, but if for some reason your visual
>> assessment of the world and your semi-circular canals do not agree,
>> messages of the upset go to your vomit centre...
>
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