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When people get dizzy from spinning around, they sometimes spin the other way to get less dizzy. My default reaction is, no way that can actually work.
So, does it work?
(I remember trying inconclusively to research this.)
Placebo effect should be enough to make it work if you believe strongly that it works.
Nope. It's actually related to how one's sense of balance works.
The standard tactic dancers use to prevent getting dizzy is about having a visual fix point towards which they orient themselves. It's not about using the ear (the organ responsible for balance) differently.
It's true that dancers use a visual fix point, and that also works, probably better. I have no idea why. Do you?
However, turning in the opposite direction also works, and has a basis in the balance mechanism.
Movements having goals is essential for the way our brain coordinates them.
It can help but when dancing Salsa I couldn't simply remove dissyness completely from a dance parter by turning her in the other direction. It could help a bit, but not fully.