After riding in the back seat of a car, making rapid turns along a winding road, you experience dizziness and nausea because
A)information from the semicircular canals and the rest of your body is inconsistent.
B)poisons build up in the system which cause vomiting to eject them.
C)auditory and visual stimuli combine too rapidly and produce a sensory overload.
D)kinesthetic receptors have been stimulated too vigorously and eventually shutdown.

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The dizziness and nausea are due to the mismatch of information between the semicircular canals in the inner ear (which detect motion, equilibrium, and spatial orientation) and the visual input or other sensory information your body is receiving. This inconsistency can lead to motion sickness.

After Riding in the Back Seat of a Car, Making