Since many poisons disturb the vestibular system, vision, and the body and caused vomiting, we may have evolved so that we react to _____, which also disturbs these systems, by vomiting.
A)sensory conflict
B)sensory integration
C)synethesia
D)dysosmia

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Sensory conflict occurs when there is a disagreement between the visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems in the body, which can result in symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. This is similar to the effects of many poisons, which also disrupt these systems and can cause vomiting. Therefore, we may have evolved to react with vomiting as a defense mechanism against sensory conflict and potential poisoning. Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway, and dysosmia is a disorder of the sense of smell. Neither of these concepts relates directly to why we vomit in response to sensory conflict. Sensory integration is the process by which the brain combines input from different sensory modalities, and while it is related to sensory conflict, it does not directly explain why we vomit in response to it.

Since Many Poisons Disturb the Vestibular System, Vision, and the Body