Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL that half the visual information from each retina goes to one hemisphere of the brain, rather than one eye per hemisphereen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down15
arrow-up1210arrow-down1external-linkTIL that half the visual information from each retina goes to one hemisphere of the brain, rather than one eye per hemisphereen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThat is fun, I’ve wondered why that is. I also think sometimes when it’s super bright out it makes me sneeze.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThat’s definitely a known thing. My brain is weird, because if I’m super nauseous it makes me sneeze then I feel better
minus-squaresydd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoPretty sure it’s related to the vagus nerve, maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in.
That is fun, I’ve wondered why that is. I also think sometimes when it’s super bright out it makes me sneeze.
That’s definitely a known thing.
My brain is weird, because if I’m super nauseous it makes me sneeze then I feel better
Photic sneeze response
Pretty sure it’s related to the vagus nerve, maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in.
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