Whether on road trips, ferry or other boat rides, or bumpy back to school bus routes, motion sickness is a common experience for many individuals. However, maintaining a visual that matches the motion experienced by the body may help evade this uncomfortable situation, according to medical experts.

Kinetosis, commonly called motion sickness, results from a misalignment between the senses, including eyesight and inner ear balance, or rather the senses’ independent experiences of motion are inconsistent, said Dr. Devin McCaslin, an otolaryngology professor at the University of Michigan Medical School.

“Our balance system is comprised of different senses to help us identify where we are positioning in space and where space is around us, so that we get the correct context cues to keep oursel

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