The Mindmaker Theory: Vestibular Stimulation Is Essential For Our Mental Health.

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

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Milla Maaria Kansanoja  Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy.¹ 

[1] Department of Physiology, R.D Gardi Medical College

关键词: Vestibular stimulation;    Mental health;    Homeostasis;   

DOI  :  10.33887/rjpbcs/2022.13.4.15

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

All these years we have been figuratively talking about mental balance without realizing that itactually literally is all about balance! Well, the balance organ to be exact. The essential role of vestibularstimulation in our mental health has not been recognized before. However, recent and past studies showundeniable evidence that vestibular stimulation has the most important role in our mental well-being,and the vestibular system is way more than just a balance organ. Vestibular stimulation has been provedto decrease many psychological symptoms such as anxiety and stress. The vestibular system also plays animportant role in mental disorders such as agoraphobia and depression. The MindMaker theory claimsthat vestibular stimulation plays the most important role in our mental well-being and that the lack ofmovement and thereby vestibular stimulation explains the increasing amount of anxiety and depressionin the modern world. To establish a hypothesis that we can prevent and cure mental health symptomsand disorders by including more vestibular stimulation to our everyday lives. A detailed review ofpublished literature from Google, Pub Med, Medline, ERIC, http://www.frontiersin.org, and other onlinejournals was performed and analyzed using the terms vestibular system, mental health, and quality oflife.It seems that we can use vestibular stimulation such as rocking motion as a calming mechanism forour brain and mind. The MindMaker theory claims that any subtle vestibular stimulation, especiallysubtle rocking motion is beneficial to our mental health. The MindMaker theory also claims thatstimulation of the horizontal semicircular canal has an important role in the calming and relaxing effect ofvestibular stimulation. It seems that the most beneficial movement to our mental balance is subtlehorizontal rocking that combines at least some amount of yaw rotation of the head and thereby activationof the horizontal semicircular canal.

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