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If you are in an airplane encountering turbulence and you start feeling sick to your stomach?

sobota, luty 27th, 2010

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tdot224nyc asked:

If you are in an airplane encountering turbulence and you start feeling sick to your stomach, would closing your eyes be a good thing to try, and why?

Yes; it eliminates the disagreement between the information from your inner ears and the information from your eyes.
Yes; it eliminates the disturbing information that you are falling and bouncing through the sky.
No; it focuses your attention on the nausea.
No; it intensifies the feeling of falling and bouncing by eliminating the sight of the stable cabin.
Yes; it calms you by allowing the sensory information from your chemoreceptors to properly readjust

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