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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Joanne Tromp <jtromp@whoi.edu><br>
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<div><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION'S PEANUT BUTTER CLUB:</span></b><span style=""></span>
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</style><span style="">Presents
Tom Stoffregen, professor, School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota.<span style="">
</span>Professor Stoffregen will give a talk </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">on Friday, June 30, at noon, in the
<span style="">Ocean Science Exhibit Center Auditorium, 15 School St., in Woods Hole</span>,
</span><span style="">titled “Getting Your Sea Legs: The Horizon, Seasickness, and Adaptive Human Movement.” Going to sea means living on a moving surface. It takes time to adapt to life on a moving surface: We must learn new ways to control the body. This
learning period is known as "getting your sea legs." Mariners have known about it for thousands of years, but until recently there had been no scientific research examining the actual physical adjustments that we make in the control of the body. How, exactly,
does bodily movement change as we get our sea legs? Why does this process include seasickness (for some, but not for others)? Why does the horizon seem to be important, and what can the horizon have to do with learning how to control the body? Professor Stoffregen
will discuss these questions in the light of experimental research conducted on crew members and passengers on ships at sea. Some of the answers confirm ancient nautical lore, but some are unexpected, and very surprising. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma">Sponsored
by the Information Office. Coffee, tea, and cookies served. Donations accepted.<br style="">
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