If you are in an airplane encountering turbulence and you start feeling sick to your stomach, would closing your eyes help? Why?
A) Yes. It will calm you by allowing the sensory information from your chemoreceptors to properly readjust.
B) Yes. It will eliminate the conflict between information from your inner ears and information from your eyes.
C) No. It will intensify the feeling of falling by eliminating the sight of the cabin.
D) No. It will focus your attention on the nausea.

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Closing your eyes can eliminate the conflict between information from your inner ears and information from your eyes, which can cause motion sickness during turbulence. By eliminating visual input, your brain can rely solely on the signals from your inner ears.

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