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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Séamas O’Reilly

EXPLAINED: Carsickness is really fascinating | Vintage Vibes

‘Wondering if anyone remembered to pack a spare set of clothes for a baby…’ Séamas O’Reilly.
‘Wondering if anyone remembered to pack a spare set of clothes for a baby…’ Séamas O’Reilly. Photograph: Evgeniy Kalinovskiy/Alamy

The causes of carsickness are fascinating. A cynic might say that’s a sentence which could only ever have been written by someone who’s recently been knuckle deep in the ejecta of a screaming child while pulled into the car park of a motorway services. Someone who isn’t ready to talk about that just yet.

It’s all down to the inner ear, which looks like an airport lounge designed by Salvador Dali, and hosts the cochlear, which enables hearing, and the vestibular organ, which regulates our sense of balance.

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