# What is cybersickness, the mysterious condition linked to screen use?

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Podcast: [Do you really know?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-you-really-know-452837)
Published: 2026-07-01T03:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

You may well have experienced motion sickness or travel sickness in the past. Well, cyber sickness is a modern ailment that follows a similar kind of logic, or rather the opposite logic. Instead of moving while feeling still, like when you’re on a boat or in a car, with cyber sickness you perceive movement while you’re actually still. But the result is the same: your brain fails to adapt to this dissonance, and hence brings on nausea, dizziness, cold sweats, and other balance disorders. This can happen when using a computer, smartphone, or virtual reality headset. What's the similarity with motion sickness ? Why doesn’t it affect all of us then? What can I do if I start feeling unwell in front of my laptop or smartphone screen then?In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions ! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here : ⁠⁠Are women really more emotional than men?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Why are celebrities dissolving their facial fillers?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠What is the Smurfette Principle?⁠⁠ A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. First broadcast: 28/8/2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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