Do you get carsick? The Japanese recommend turning on the sound of motion sickness "Sound Spice" — an acoustic signal discovered by Japanese scientists, which relieves nausea and dizziness.
Nausea, sweating, staring blankly out the window. Anyone who has ever gotten motion sickness knows that feeling—it’s as if your body has decided to go on a trip of its own.
Japanese researchers at Nagoya University have found a way to turn it off. They called it sound spice — a short sound with a frequency of 100 Hz and a volume of about 66 dB. Just listen to it for a minute before your trip—and it’s as if your brain remembers where the “balance” button is. After that, you can drive, ride, or look at your phone—without feeling like the world is turning upside down inside you. / New Atlas
How does it work?
Inside our ears are otolithic organs—they detect linear acceleration and gravity. Scientists have hypothesized that a 100 Hz tone can activate these organs (or “tune” them). At the right volume and when delivered equally to both ears, the “sound” appears to help reduce the vestibular disturbance that triggers motion sickness symptoms. New Atlas / jstage.jst.go.jp / PMC
In experiments with humans, sound up to The movements reduced balance deviations (as measured by posturography) and decreased symptoms reported on the MSAQ questionnaire (nausea, weakness, dizziness). In contrast, the results in the control group without sound were significantly worse. jstage.jst.go.jp / PMC
Но давай не обманывать себя: пока что это эксперимент. Нет стопроцентной гарантии, что будет работать у тебя в автобусе, на качающемся пароме, или когда ты уже чувствуют приближение тошноты. Авторы сами признают: нужно больше данных, разные условия, разные люди. jstage.jst.go.jp / ScienceDaily
Still, this looks like true “body hacking.” If the experiment can be replicated and expanded—perhaps motion sickness will become just another “good old childhood nuisance.”

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