Now would those headphones be pouring sensory information into your head in the form of music or spoken words? Because there's this crazy thing about the human brain: limited RAM. I've been working on an upgrade but that project is composed of Fail and if anything I'm regressing.
The whole Eustation tube thing, I don't buy it. If air moves so freely through it, your ears would never "pop" with change in pressure. Plus how much of a seal are these headphones making?
The pressure point idea has some merit, in that the headphones may be making some muscles contract at the base of your nose reducing airflow (a little) but mostly changing how air actually moves around in your sinus.
But, as a brain person, I'm going to cast my vote for sensory overload (and yes I'm aware that the olfactory can bypass the thalamus unlike the other senses).
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Date: 2007-12-18 02:37 pm (UTC)The whole Eustation tube thing, I don't buy it. If air moves so freely through it, your ears would never "pop" with change in pressure. Plus how much of a seal are these headphones making?
The pressure point idea has some merit, in that the headphones may be making some muscles contract at the base of your nose reducing airflow (a little) but mostly changing how air actually moves around in your sinus.
But, as a brain person, I'm going to cast my vote for sensory overload (and yes I'm aware that the olfactory can bypass the thalamus unlike the other senses).