The mystery of motion sickness - Rose Eveleth

[@AshleyBTibbetts]

She spoke so fast I got motion sickness.

[@PotatoMaGobinus]

LOL

[@satnamo]

Ashley Tibbetts that is intentional in order for an authentic learning experience

[@rawatalok83]

Haa ha ha

[@coolpeople4061]

Lol

[@LuckySingh-ln9ox]

It's not funny believe me it is one of the worst thing I have

[@wingwaabuddha]

The passenger being more sick than the driver always seemed obvious to me. The driver knows what their next move is going to be, if however briefly, so they can perceive whats coming next and adapt. The passenger doesn't necessarily know what turn is next, the speed, the brake etc.

[@cookiesftw4292]

And also, they can see out the window where things are moving , so the eyes and ears agree that there moving.

[@Bl4ckDrg0n]

+wingwaabuddha I think the driver expands the "me" perspective to all of the car (or vehicle in general), whereas the passenger just feels being transported ionside a moving box

[@gendoruwo6322]

My Sensei taught me that that's how you can tell a great driver from the many common drivers. If a passenger get motion sickness, the driver sucks. On the other hand, if a passenger who gets motion sickness easily... feels fine, that means the driver is great. ... Or because the car doesn't move. Your pick.

[@aparnachakravarty9069]

Gendo ruwo I'd say that Ted-Ed is right

[@cannae920]

+COOKIESFTW Also, they kinda have to be looking outside while the car is moving, cause well... they would crash.

[@Eccentric-YURR]

NEW THEORY: For me it's just when I'm in a car when my motion sickness occurs, its the smell of the car. When I take the train, I'm fine, since the air is fresh, I don't feel nauseous. And as for traveling through the ferry, same thing, I don't feel sick, the air hits me and I feel free. Do research on the other sensory parts like the nose.

[@annanyaverma1810]

SAAME I feel sick only in cars. Not even busses or trains or ferries. And even if I'm not on my phone or reading a book, I get sick in the car. Keeping the windows open helps sometimes, but if we need to use the car's AC, then I cover my noes with a thin cloth

[@AlexTCGProYT]

Agree. Some cars don't affect me at all

[@nintenfire21]

I think of the same thing, where other vehicles are fine, it where some cars give an odd oder that makes my when my motion sickness occurs

[@sakuraletree2820]

I agree! The worst smell that can really trigger motion sickness for me is cup noodles😪 The smell is just to strong for me to handle

[@nebundelegat1948]

@@AlexTCGProYT plastic made seats are the cause, leather seats are better

[@cormacnimo]

Slow down with your voice, you are giving me a motion sickness.

[@Cherry_amphetamines]

Azzinotica I actual read very fast so it's just right try to get used to it or rewatch

[@thelifemage7721]

Azzinotica omg, right?

[@joaoletelier8735]

Azzinotica 😂😂😂

[@thunderlol99]

Lol I completely agree...

[@utah133]

It gets more info into less time. That's a good thing! Or maybe you're from the South...

[@mangalori]

When I was in Okinawa, Japan, with a couple of friends we decided to go whale watching. We went in this really tiny kinda crappy boat and the sea was very rough that day but the company doing these tours was determined to show us that whale we were promised (despite stating in the contract that we might not actually see any). So we ended up circling around for hours and hours being thrown around by the waves. Our fellow (Japanese) passengers got sick almost right away and started diligently throwing up in these plastic bags provided. Seeing this of course made us pretty sick in turn. A German girl in our group got so sick in fact that she stayed permantly seated at the open part of the boat so she could throw up over the rail into the sea, but this meant she also got these huge waves of cold water dumped on her again and again. I on the other hand tried to keep my lunch down by looking at the horizon and singing 50s pop songs like a broken jukebox. This lasted for about 3 hours (by then I was feeling so miserable I would've given anything to be taken back to shore) until finally the crew cried out we'd found our whales. I had to break away my gaze from the horizon so I could get a look at them and as soon as I caught a glimpse of tail I had to go join my friend at the rail to deposit my stomach content in the ocean (poor whales). Immediately afterward though I felt much better and I actually enjoyed watching the whales splash about. After that we finally headed back to shore, the Japanese crew still beaming that they had after all managed to give us what we had payed for even if it meant making every single passenger and even one crewmember seasick. We were worried for our friend though, who was absolutely soaked and so pale and weak we feared she might pass out. When asked how she was feeling she exclaimed in a shaky voice: "That was fun you guys. Let's do that again sometime...". Being the sweet person that she is, she was ofcourse being totally serious. Afterwards we got a taxi to the hotel, put her to bed (after a nice hot bath ofcourse) and had a good rest ourselves. That was my whale watching adventure, I felt like sharing it here. Sorry it's a bit too long. And if you're reading this, thanks for getting this far. :)

[@jovanlazic2528]

I really enjoyed reading it :) Thx for sharing!

[@calebtheragdoll9629]

Really enjoy your story.

[@tillycomedy2194]

That sounds like a terrible OHS violation. Well it wouldn’t be a violation if those rules didn’t exist in the first place 😕😕

[@Cremonroe0739]

Nice story thanks for sharing

[@pauselab5569]

True dedication rare for someone to do extra in a job if they don't get anything from it

[@emilyperry541]

She just kept talking faster and faster and faster! Omygawd....

[@prasunverma1]

Emily Perry 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BBQhenry]

Guess I'm not the only one to have noticed this :)

[@grimordwow]

I only get motion sickness if I try to read on a car\bus. On the other hand I can read without any issues on trains, boats and even planes. Even trying to find an object inside a bag on a moving car is enough to make me sick, for some reason.

[@thetazamanianshow]

+Grimord Youtubaren interesting same here !

[@shelovster3208]

Same

[@bharathgowda.animix8224]

+ talking with other in bus (same)

[@Hurrhurrrrnaurrrr2]

I can finish books on trains and planes but I can't read more than 2 lines on a car without feeling icky

[@alexalget9842]

I've always had motion sickness to the point of throwing up multiple times per ride. I've tried all sorts of medications and other solutions(like chewing gum) but they didn't work. This was a big problem when I was doing a lot of traveling on a plane. The only thing that worked for me was eating candied ginger every hour or so. This made me not only stop throwing up, but I felt almost no nausea at all. So if you are plagued with motion sickness, try having a good dose of ginger(1 or 2 small pieces of candied ginger was all it took for me to feel better). Good luck!!

[@rohanamor4323]

Lol that's ironic, anything that has smell of ginger is basically a huge no for me when I'm starting feel nauseous I would likely have feeling of throwing up dont know why but it's the reason why I never drink, eat ginger because they taste like my own vomit

[@3vynjh]

I don't think It's such a Mystery why passengers get more motion sick than the drivers like they say at 1:45 . I mean, If you are driving, your eyes are glued to the road, and you rarely see the inside of your car except for the dashboard occasionally, but for the most part, your sensory information is AGREEING with each other. your eyes are detecting motion, and so are your ears. For a passenger however, your eyes are not glued to the road, and look at the stationary car more often, which is why they probably get motion sickness more often. This also probably explains why motion sickness is easier to get in the back of the car than the front, because in the back, you can see most of the inside of the car, so most of the stuff you see looks stationary, therefore, your sensory info is disagreeing, while in the front seat, there is not much of the car to look at, so it is harder to get motion sickness, but you can still get it since you are not constantly looking at the road like the driver is. This also explains why they recommend looking at the horizon, so your eyes can detect that you are INDEED moving, so therefore, your eyes and ears are no longer disagreeing. I mean, isn't this the logical reasoning one should come to?

[@lizzy6179]

THANK YOU!

[@annagrace3036]

Exactly 👍

[@ok_jilvanei]

I had the exact same idea. Plus, that must be the reason why most of people get motion sickness in the ocean (I guess they do, but i'm not sure), since the sea is so uniform, you barely can have any sense of motion even when you're looking it all the time. They should do experiments with people travelling through roads, seas and the deserts.

[@adnantamimi7026]

If that's the case motion sickness should happen equally in cars, trains and planes. But for me and most others, it happens mostly in a car exclusively.

[@johnathonbatz662]

naw sometimes i get motion sickness driving my own car

[@kawser-shaon]

If the motion sickness is caused by the mismatched sensory signals, then it can be reduced by shutting down one sensor and letting the brain follows the other sensor. Such as u can shut down ur eyes and follow ur ears! I apply this method when I feel motion sickness and it works for me.

[@mrnobody1546]

Thanks for the tips man

[@Polaris97]

This only works for me if I sleep before the car moves. The moment I woke up and feel nauseous, closing my eyes won't help. It will only makes my motion sickness worse

[@RideswithChuck]

Until I turned 30 I was never bothered with motion sickness. I watched the Mythbusters cable TV program that dealt with motion sickness. They found that pure ginger was a cure. I tried it and now I can ride a Tilt a whirl again. Ginger isn't perfect, for me it's only good for about an hour. That isn't enough for a 5 hour boat ride. Even in a situation like this though, the ginger pill settles the stomach after the bout ride was over.

[@jjosephBlack]

Hey thanks for that I'm gonna try the ginger remedy.

[@alisonjohnson4985]

RideswithChuck Sadly ginger doesn't work for me. I learned that the hard way. If I'm in the car for more than 20-30 minutes, I have to take Dramamine.

[@babystarcookie]

Alison Johnson same :(

[@pastelspark1093]

I find that everyone down here couldn't keep up with her, but in my opinion, yeah she was going a bit fast, but I could still keep up =I

[@legendp2011]

+Butt “cutiecutie12B” Saggington and hear I am watching it at 2x speed

[@pratiksingh8650]

legendp2011 so, you want a cookie?

[@siriustheislandprotector9720]

Pastel Spark true

[@imsyed5]

Pastel Spark Me too

[@blankness8]

I'm pretty sure everyone can keep up, it's not difficult to keep up with. It's just uncomfortable, I guess.

[@ChaosZhang2]

I was bothered with motion sickness until about 20 years old. I didn't really like taking big bus, especially on winding roads in mountains, cuz it makes me feel sick. And I had no idea how to deal with that situation, due to remedies aren't always efficient on every single person. That is, it depends. Luckily, I find my way. Getting some sleep moves attention from mix-up sense, then I feel more energetic when arriving destinations. (may work for bus passengers)

[@Moonfrog11]

1:00 actually you can only feel acceleration, not speed itself.

[@latemporis5430]

I always got motion sickness when in a car. It's the worst feeling. But I found out opening the windows, listening to music and closing your eyes helps a lot, made my life easier.

[@Manish-ok2yd]

Smell of the vehicle, the vibration of it, shape of the seats and other things trigger motion sickness to me ... Most of the time its just the mind forcing u to feel all these even if u try to avoid and trick your brain... I usually put a earphone in my ears, lay my head to the corner of seat or on window and fix myself there without changing my position and try to sleep as fast as possible till the end of journey.... This trick has saved me multiple times...

[@kenbobca]

Great video, But you're talking TOO FAST!

[@rickgauden]

I can't keep up. I'm from Brazil, not from Texas.

[@espoo2kuu494]

Talking fast is a great talent.

[@jamesxgames6877]

yeah

[@mathieupardoux5592]

Ken Karnes toooo fast don t speak english well and it s so difficult to understand ( unless the vocabulary is pretty easy )

[@tjfreshboi1577]

Have you ever heard about playback speed? Thank me later.

[@ibrahimozturk8863]

she is talking so fast that even the subtitles couldn't catch up and didn't appear as i enable them.

[@how.disability.justice]

+ibrahim öztürk I've segmented and subtitled videos before and I think it's the segmenter that aligned the segments too late. Info on how to get correct timing for segments: nssacademy.weebly.com/segmenting-guide.html#standards.

[@BBQhenry]

Guess I'm not the only one to have noticed this :)

[@leetlefool7173]

It's easier to understand science with this channel! Tottaly subbing!

[@1Gatitos3]

What's the purpose of speaking so fast? How can the message be carried at that speed?All that information is hard to absorb at that speed!

[@Lemonzify]

Git gud

[@KrishnaKumar-sw1ek]

You have a option of slow motion in you tube

[@faz3662]

i just change the playback speed

[@FatimaHussain2000]

It makes a lot of sense that the passenger would experience more motion sickness. The driver is looking out the window so the eyes and inner ear are in agreement.

[@moe9330]

English isnt my 1st language and I understood every word. What's your problem?

[@mukulsharma5738]

Lol true :DD

[@gcxs]

Because you studied it. lol

[@noorodeh]

it is understandable but still, too fast!!!

[@sahilchoudhary5737]

youcanmakeoutwhatihavewrittenbutisitcomfortable??

[@moe9330]

idontmindhowwordscomeoutaslongasitmakessense

[@ahmedyaaqoub3234]

The motion sickness spoils our travels.. What you have said about the mismatch ed sensory signals is right, but I think what make it hard is that it becomes psychological when we have already bad experiences about motion sickness, I mean, just the smell of the car can trigger the sickness. I think the efficient way to prevent it to be a driver..

[@rahul-rz5uj]

You cant be a driver everytime?

[@virtlink]

Half the video is about how your ear can tell you're going 35 mph, but this is physically impossible. Your ear can only tell acceleration, not velocity. So its the bumping, swaying and turning of the car that your ear can pick up, but not its speed. Galileo already new this over 400 years ago. Try searching for "Galileo's ship".

[@saphirus1]

This may explain an odd phenomenon I experienced. When in my car on a road (presumably sitting still at a stop light or in traffic), another driver to the right of me (perhaps in a parking spot) suddenly put his or her car in reverse and drove backward. I caught that in my peripheral vision and had the sensation that it was I who was suddenly moving forward, when in fact I wasn't. I believe I instinctively looked ahead to see if I let loose the brake by accident. I became nauseous from this. Interesting.

[@SaqiiRe]

same here

[@ariuspierre7875]

I had that same exact feeling omg

[@azoutlaw7]

When I was little we lived in Big Bear Lake, CA. When we had to travel the area of victorville, san bernadino, redlands I would get car sick. Around 20 years later I was on vacation with my aunt and uncle and we were driving in the same area and I got car sick! About 15 or so years after that I started getting migraines. My doctor asked me if I had motion sickness when I was a child. I was astonished that she asked that (that's why she's the doctor) question. Anyway, that's my little anecdote.

[@macrameschool]

Love TED-Eds creations, again well done..

[@rudranshagarwal2505]

Yo this comment is too UNDERRATED

[@warnpassion]

The animations look as if they were created for primary school children.

[@Sharwul]

It's impossible to experience motion unless you for instance feel the air resistance. This is due to relativity, where you can never know wether you are moving in your "space-ship", or the other "space-ship" passing by is. Motion can only be viewed as relative. Just like potential energy. What the human body can experience however, is acceleration. This includes changing direction of movement. That is why it's better in terms of car-sickness to dirve at a constant velocity on the highway, than driving around on twisty roads, where acceleration occurs all the time.

[@manavthakur9077]

I get motion sickness only in certain cars, and my anxiety issues make it even worse. I would start sweating heavily, my body trembled and I couldn't stop feeling dizzy.

[@shakibavideos]

I understood her, but for anyone having trouble, play the video at a slower speed. I don't think it's possible on a mobile device but you can on a laptop or computer. :) Without even watching this video, I thought my motion sickness was because I could see inside the car not moving and outside the car moving. Apparently it's not just our eyes, it's our ears but I guess I still had the same concept. I can't believe I was even remotely right. And in the beginning, when you said consider the people lucky who can read, yes they're lucky for that but if 1/3 can't read, technically we are just unlucky. People with motion sickness are the minority apparently. I just wanted to point that out. Great video though, now I can actually clearly explain to my family why I can't read in a car or pay attention inside too much. I usually gaze out of the window, not specifically looking for the horizon but perhaps that's what I was subconsciously doing. Great video for explaining, I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't read in the car without feeling nauseous. :)

[@elizabeth-hr5ql]

+shakibavideos if you slow it down to 0.5 speed she sounds intoxicated...

[@oolivegreen]

Omg thought it was only me. I put her in 0.75 speed

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I understood her perfectly fine. Don't know what your guys' problem is.

[@killertim101]

White knight

[@nabanitaganguly3802]

You're right... She wasn't quite so fast..

[@peshozmiata]

Thank you for shedding some light on this issue.

[@Balendula]

Watch this video on 0.75x for normal speed

[@Delta_Aves]

I think the most likely reason we tend to feel sick during these mismatched sensory signals is because our bodies automatically associate sensory disruption with being poisoned, but are unsure whether or not to "eject" whatever's causing it, since it's only a mild disruption. While I don't know why women are more prone to motion sickness, drivers aren't as prone because they're looking towards the road, which is moving, so both their eyes and ears both know that he/she is in motion as opposed to passengers, who don't always look out to the road. I think the sickness can also come from how our bodies react to sudden acceleration, like when we're suddenly thrust forward or back, left or right in certain situations. It could most likely cause a momentary disruption in one of the systems and cause nausea.

[@rrsharizam]

When I was a child, I would get motion sickness on a car trip. Now, I thought it has completely gone. But then, I just started PC gaming. I realised that can't play video games for more than 30 minutes without my stomach feeling terribly sick. I remember this is how it always felt like to have motion sickness.

[@mohamedqasem]

The vestibule system detects acceleration, but not speed.

[@tyyonnawoods91]

Mohamed Qasem basically speed

[@DrorF]

@@tyyonnawoods91 No. It's the rate of change of speed. Which is really not the same as speed itself. (more accurately, velocity, which include the direction as well).

[@printedwit]

i love TED. :) one of the best learning experiences of my day. has anyone also added into their motion sickness calculations the statistical probability that a woman will, in addition to greater motion sickness, also have greater depth perception and faster reflexes? i wonder how these tie into our various senses and are processed in the brain. i, for one, have a laudable sense of balance (cardinal directions as well as acceleration), but occasionally suffer from motion sickness. the two seem inseparable... for whatever reason. ...thoughts?

[@Andreamom001]

Women in my family have motion sickness. My grandma and mother also had unexplained bouts of vertigo when they got older. My mom even had motion sickness as a baby. I get sick on cars, planes, boats, playing video games, snorkeling…ginger helps. Fresh air helps.

[@suruxstrawde8322]

I think MRI tests with those sensitive to on screen motion would help in the research. Full body scans would be preferable as the nose, eyes, and ears seem to be related by people's anecdotal info. Also, I think it'd be obvious why they have to be standing as opposed to the usual laying still for the experiment.

[@johnwood406]

The worse case of MS I have ever experienced is when I took the kids to Orlando and we got in this Star Wars ride that actually doesn't go anywhere, it shows a movie and the room you're in vibrates, and jostles around. First and last ride of the day. I was pale, week kneed, and fluish the rest of the day. I couldn't believe a ride that went nowhere could do that to me.

[@dannypham8032]

I have motion sickness and thank you for explaining the sickness thing to me (I am only 10 years old).

[@JekrisMaravilla]

I got an instant motion sickness while Rose Eveleth talks! hahaha!

[@saifalhabsi9229]

+Jekris Maravilla lol

[@jaerirob644]

Imagine being a student in this narrator's classroom listening to her lectures...you'd probably get motion sickness

[@ahmadrahimisudin8364]

Admit it. Ted-Ed videos don't have the vibe without Addison Anderson narrating the videos. His voice and pace are perfect for any educational and informative videos.

[@fortuna19]

Simple drivers see movement passengers don't that's why I sometimes stare between the front seats

[@nori_04]

SkarmX2 passengers also see the movement. It’s the ear that makes them nauseous cause the driver AND passenger see they’re both moving but their ears are telling them otherwise.

[@waleedkhairy9538]

I love her fast talk 😍

[@MrGiovanniOSFP]

My ear tells me to close this page. She's mumbling too much. Do they think they appear to be clever if they speak very fast?

[@AngieAngie0]

Thank you so much KZbin for the 0,75 speed option for playing the video.

[@JacobPaprotskiy1]

wait I think you guys messed up; I doubt(by doubt i mean im pretty sure) the ear can pick up that we are moving say relative to the ground but it would pick up a change in velocity(increase or decrease of speed)....

[@AFSRodrigues]

Yeah, I came to the comments to say that. I suppose that, since motion is rarely at an absolutely constant speed, the hear picks up the small variations in velocity (quick acceleration an deceleration). In transportation engineering, a high variation of acceleration (called 'jitter') is said to be related to passenger discomfort, but I'm not sure if it's related with the matter at hand.

[@McPrfctday]

Maybe it's because we don't keep our heads completely still. So the ear will be , in a way, reminded every fraction of a second that there has been a change in direction during movement. This would explain why the best way to combat sea sickness is to go up on deck and look straight ahead at the horizon. The eyes and ears are kept unnaturally still.

[@HeadlessZombY]

I'd say cars have far from a constant velocity.

[@AFSRodrigues]

RiftWalker I agree. But they said "your hear is telling your brain that you're actually moving at 35 miles per hour". Your hear can't tell you that. That's the point of jacobpaprotskiy's comment.

[@nickgrossman2385]

I thought the difference between a driver and passenger was simple. The driver is forced into viewing the oncoming path and the sensory experience is more all encompassing and expectations or forthcoming stimuli are better tuned. whereas the passenger can't as effectively determine forthcoming stimuli, as the passenger isn't sure when the driver will turn, speed up, slow down etc. So the passenger is at the mercy of the drivers ability to give the passenger a smooth/gentle ride.. That doesn't at all seem like a mystery, the equilibrium of the senses is better tuned for the driver then the passenger because the driver knows what is happening and what is going to happen far more reliably than the passenger.

[@namnguyen7952]

If she spoke slower, it would be more understandable !

[@Olivia-W]

Whee. I _love_ motion. Tumbling around, accelerating unpredictably, the playground spinning wheel (especially the ones you can spin by hand through a wheel in the middle, the centrifugal force is so satisfying), it's all great. The only reason I might not read in some cases is because coordinating my hands and eyes during unpredictable movement is a bit difficult and my eyes keep slipping off the screen. Zero nausea, some irritation. Cue ackward poses trying to minimise hand vibration relative to head.

[@a.d.1368]

Man,I can only imagine how that feels.

[@garimasharma5642]

Spoiler Alert!: The mystery of motion sickness remains a mystery.

[@Augfordpdoggie]

i used to fly from California via NY to Africa....and I would be in the bathroom for hours at a time, so much so, I would consider taking boat, or landing in NYC on the way back, and driving back to California, i was miserable. My doctor prescribed for my Scopolamine patch on the back of my ear. I havent been sick on a plane in 8 years. Even now, I can fly 5/6 hours with no patch and not get sick!!!! Medicine is great

[@XenogeneGray]

Your ears have no knowledge of how fast you're going - they only register acceleration!

[@icedragon769]

Maybe they have some kind of acceleration memory? I agree, that particular explanation is pretty fishy. I think it's the sudden changes in acceleration in all three dimensions that cause the sensory confusion. When was the last time you were in a car that was moving in one direction at a perfectly constant speed, never bouncing up and down or swerving left and right? On a boat is even worse. Most planes are smooth riding, though. The fact that carsickness is more common than airsickness, and seasickness is more common than both supports this theory, whereas the opposite should be true if the video's explanation is correct, since planes move faster than cars, and cars move faster than boats. It's not about speed, it's about sudden movements in three dimensions.

[@BBQhenry]

@@icedragon769 my ears registered the acceleration of the narrator's voice

[@TamedShadow]

Motion sickness is a psychological issue that more or less affects those whom experienced the dreadful times of being dragged along on pointless trips at a young age, and thus every time afterwards you're causing yourself to repeat a mental offence in the sense that you're subconsciously flashing back to those times you've dreaded. Solving motion sickness requires extensive mental closure in the same manner as being scared of something, harboring painful emotions or being unable to breathe in tight spaces can cause physiological backlash.

[@2167PhillipM]

Motion sickness is no joke I've had it for years and still do. I'd get nauseous with an upset stomach. My father use make these sharp turnes that would make me sick. One time the car was bouncing around so much I threw up. Not fun for ppl who have it

[@vishnu12375]

Thank you for this information. Nice presentation and high presentation quality.

[@hellokittysky17]

If I even as much as text in the car I get so nauseous I get a migraine.

[@thetazamanianshow]

+Anissa Wilson me to, reading as well.

[@shannplay77]

Same I can’t be on my phone !! I’m still recovering rn

[@eiramesorina]

Wow I remember my little cousin who gets motion sickness in every vehicle: cars, buses, motorcycles etc. Whenever our fam would invite relatives to the mall, treat them to a restaurant or visit amusement parks, she was always left in the house because how could she go when she would always get so sick on the road. She couldn't enjoy them once we got to our destination. I felt so bad for her, it seemed she's missing out on all important experiences. We just buy takeout food for her or buy her souvenirs. I wish she gets better as she grows old.

[@davidcorps]

I do not like her voice at that pace.

[@jeffreywang7665]

One of the disadvantages of living in a rustic rural area is that it takes a lot to get from one location to another! A former friend, her half-brother, got motion sickness and vomited with nausea!

[@bubblegumtheeagle]

“Women get motion sickness more often than men” Yet, in cartoons, the motion sickness victim is almost always male

[@andieallison6792]

What???? Like when?

[@sirteatoss3856]

This was very interesting because I vomit a lot on long car trips. This is also helps me learn more about the body because I never new your ear senses movement.

[@CookingWithCows]

why is this uploaded 5 hours after "Why do we get car sick? | Greg Foot | Head Squeeze" ? Coincidence?

[@Euronius]

Not a coincidence. I think they take the highlights of those TED-talks and make it an animated video.

[@CookingWithCows]

classic20 "Head Squeeze" videos are hardly ted talks :P completely unrelated channels unless they collaborate somehow, or it's world motion sickness day or something :)

[@Euronius]

***** Oh, I thought you saw it in one of those TEDtalk full videos. My apologies :p

[@CookingWithCows]

No apologies needed, hehe :)

[@rohanamor4323]

As a person whose prone to motion sickness *Reliable way for the body to forget the sickness temporarily* - Get entertained, thrilled or excited - Take a nap *Motion sickness would likely to kick in IF* - If moving with lots of slow turns or zigzags and your mind is too bored and relaxed *You would feel vomiting if* - Expose to the smell of anything pungent and sour like salt and vinegar - Heavy and greasy foods - Smell of ginger (which is the worst one and the reason I never eat pickled ginger)

[@330MillionGods]

2:26 speed is irrelevant. Its the acceleration that is the problem.

[@YoLoboBro]

In my case, I get motion sick as a passenger but not as a driver on long trips, because I tend to look out the window as a passenger, rather than the windshield. Looking out the window amplifies the moving fast yet completely still sensory confusion because the scenery flies by so much faster from the side aspect.

[@shadmanparvez1666]

why is she talking so fast plz calm down and talk slowly with a breath

[@RickswanProductions]

I liked her talking speed - I actually speed videos up when people talk too slowly in them. Thanks for making me feel like my brain is fast comments section.

[@khale4473]

Am I the only one who think that her voice is so hard to listen =.=! ?

[@prasanthsreenivasan3096]

No

[@anasasisxenophontis]

great video. motion sickness always kicks my ass on long drives when i am a passenger. the effect is several times worse when i am in the back seat, presumably because i am not looking out of a windshield...

[@chefkendranguyen]

I'm in the 2/3rds that doesn't have motion sickness, I best bud gets it and it's not pretty.

Similar to my case. I don't get motion sickness whether I'm on a boat, car or plane but my girlfriend get's it when she is in the back seat of a moving van but the interesting point here could be that she has it sometimes depending on the driver. For example, if I'm driving she gets it but if her mom drives she doesn't, I guess that even though we drive in a similar way there must be little changes on my acceleration and hers that triggers the motion sickness on her.

Her mom drives her to school everyday with her sister and usually picks her up. She's with me in the car when we go to get something to eat after school (like twice a month) or to some event like a party or a group homework in someone else's house.

No problem at all.

[@JaguarBST]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS LESSON

[@maplebooth1818]

I Have Motion Sickness and it sucks!!

[@mct_3551]

same.

[@sathvik9487]

loved your fast talking!!

[@edwinpaul83]

She was speaking at 100MPH

[@vianeyguidos8623]

I started with minor car sickness that got worse with time, to the point where driving to work became a challenge. I have not found something to help the sickness... I work from home, get my groceries and pretty much everything delivered at home. I will avoid getting in the car, a plane, or anything that moves, unless is very necessary.

[@RichterPavel]

OMG, please slow down...

[@PietroBranca]

***** I guess that they digitally speed up her voice. Poor Rose now everyone hates you.... :D

[@fllthdcrb]

Pietro Branca Mmm, no. As a native speaker, I can tell you she's speaking within a normal range of speed, albeit on the high end; no manipulation that I can hear. It's clear enough for me too (just clear enough), though I can understand how non-natives will have trouble with the casual style. I believe the issues of intelligibility and perception of speed are similar for non-native speakers for pretty much any language. She probably should have tried to speak more slowly and/or less casually, though, I agree.

[@PietroBranca]

Hello Daniel Dawson :-) I can understand her quite well too. I came up with the digital speed up idea because in Italy they speed up voices during TV ads (medications). I thought that perhaps she read it a bit too slowly so it was necessary to speed it up a little, that's why just some passages feel a bit unintelligible because of speed.

[@Loladrone726]

I'm the only one in my whole family with motion sickness, it's so bad that I get nauseous if I last more than a minute with my head upside down. Some months ago I went on a road trip for 3 hours on the second floor of the bus...didn't take any pills for the motion sickness and ended up vomiting everything for 2 days, couldn't enjoy the resort to say the least.

[@txgirlaustin8432]

Wow, sorry to hear that!! I used to suffer from motion sickness, but when I was a kid. I couldn’t take long rides, because I’d throw up all the time. It was a burden to my parents, because I couldn’t really travel with them that much😢. However, luckly, my motion sickness went away on its own as I was growing up😊. I’d say it went away when I was around 12. It felts great to finally travel & take long rides without getting sick anymore!!! U should try yoga. I heard it helps. Best of luck!!!😉

[@pritammehta7770]

Take avomine tablet. Befor starting of journey and 12 hour before ur journey 1-1 tablet after food

[@sansirow4595]

SHE TALK SO MUCH FAAAAAAASSTTTT OMGG

[@angelbulldog4934]

All I have to do is turn halfway around and I get queasy. Ever been in a commercial airplane when you knew before the pilot there was a problem? Yeah, its like that. Side note: the telephone poles at the end going by so fast did it for me. Imagine that. The video about motion sickness that kicks up my motion sickness! Thanks a bunch!

[@AmberBlueFilms]

Did it seriously just say "EACH DIMENSION OF SPACE," I think you meant each three dimensional axis.

[@cmpoirot1]

Did it just seriously say that we can sense speed (35 mph) ..... I weep for humanity, as we can only sense acceleration

[@darkchild4neverever]

Inspector Poirot He can only feel acceleration that doesn't mean we can't sense "speed" relative to some arbitrary reference frame. If you look out the window you will clearly 'see' (one of our senses) that you are moving mph relative to earth. If you listen, i suppose you could make a guess at how fast you are going relative to the earth but that seems exaggerated. 80mph sounds different from 20mph but 25 would sound basically the same.

[@prankfiles]

Thank for that information, it was *HELPFUL!!*

[@Thek0easy]

Oh god how could they! It makes me sick to the stomach that she got something wrong....like really not a big deal, bro.

[@AmberBlueFilms]

***** It's not a big deal, everyone makes mistakes and usually the biggest ones are the hardest to spot, but really to mess up on something as fundamental as dimensional space, as fundamental or even more fundamental than the ABCs of the alphabet makes me wonder . . .

[@zone07]

I might not know the cause but I found the solution for my kids while on the back seat of our vehicle: Don't look through the side windows and focus on one object when your moving, then focus on another object, and so on. Simply look forward if need be through the windshield or watch the little monitors on our back headrests.

[@ataraxic89]

36 seconds in an it already is wrong. Cmon TED-ed I expect more from you. Your vestibular system CANNOT sense your velocity or speed. It can only sense acceleration and orientation relative to gravity. This is just blatantly wrong. Einstein proved that there is NO way in determining if you are in a moving or stationary vehicle. Please take this video down until the narrator learns basic physics.

[@snoop890]

A little harsh?..

[@andieallison6792]

You know that the narrator didnt make this video, right?

[@juanferestrada]

English isn't my first language either and I didn't have any problem with the narrator. Nice video!

[@audelete5528]

Speaking wayyyyy too fast! Slow down lady, please!

[@AnkhArcRod]

The sensory mismatch theory already explains why drivers don't feel motion sickness while passengers do seeing as the driver focusses on the road and all the things that are moving around. Also, the act of driving gives constant feedback of motion since the corrective actions that the driver makes with their driving are themselves signals for the motion.

[@GeoffBosco]

"We don't know; therefore evolution." lol, Arguments from ignorance are not derided as long as they appeal to materialistic processes. Yes, the video pointed out the problems with this explanation, but it hardly did it with the same contempt it might have if it were debunking a creationist's argument... Cool video, nonetheless.

[@earache70]

...but, at least a scientist will admit they don't know something and continue looking instead of "We don't know, therefore God did it and you'll burn for eternity if you disagree."

[@MrMZaccone]

The video also repeated, after the hypothesis, that we "really don't know what's going on". Creationist arguments deserve more contempt because they frequently ignore or deny the facts instead of just admitting we don't have any. I challenge you to find a creationist video that says "We really don't know what's going on." I'll wait...

[@snoop890]

It isn't an argument from ignorance, it is simply one plausible hypothesis.

[@MrMZaccone]

***** Hilarious.

[@MrMZaccone]

***** You don't have all the answers? No kidding, nobody does. You "KNOW" there's an intelligent designer? No you don't. Trust me, that's one of the answers you DON'T have. There's no need for an intelligent designer to explain the world the way it is and that's why there's no rational reason to believe in one. Many christians who have read the bible have come to the conclusion that it can't possibly be true and ended up atheists. So what? It's a book set against a historical framework. So what? Does the fact that there's actually a King's Cross Station make Hogwarts a real place? No it does not. The bible is mostly fiction, get over it and try to outgrow your imaginary friend like most people do by the age of five. God's love, mercy and compassion for every singele ... Give me a break! If your god exists, then back in '04 he slaughtered almost a quarter of a million people in a day with a wave of his hand for no discernible reason and if you believe the bible, it's not the first time. Bottom line? Your god is a colossal DICK.

[@weiyingcomebacktogusuwithm5136]

that opening always make me shivering lmao it's kinda creepy and the sudden high tune tho

[@AA-on7vx]

i could hear her perfectly. What's your problem?

[@Kommandant7]

Whoever the artist is, let him/her do more TED-Ed!

[@TheRealNOnlyOne1]

For some reason, the lady's voice annoys the crap out of me

[@MatthewHollow]

I needed a good video about motion sickness for my project thanks you ted-ed

[@madamerotten]

This narrator talks too fast and lacks annunciation.

[@inactiveaccount527]

90% of the comments said how fast she talked 10% of the comments said how they get motion sickness

[@bouxman2989]

I found a way that help me, so I might as well share it to see if it helps anyone else. What I do is keep my device elevated enough so that I can see the windows and movement out of them out of the corner of your eye. I feel like this reminds my brain that I am still moving. It’s not perfect and you can feel a small pang of motion sickness at times, but it’s nowhere as bad as back then where I completely lost all appetite for hours and stuff.

[@Snow_breww]

Sis,I'm learning English very hard but you u made me understand that that wasn't hard enough. Thanks 😳

[@nydiacavazos6874]

Please SLOW DOWN. This is great info that cannot be consumed at this speed.

[@GirlDreamer90210]

I have really bad motion sickness and I was adviced to chew some dry food (like bread) or eat some candy on the way. Its pretty effective unless in long trips :(