OW TO WALK IN CIRCLES WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

HOW TO WALK IN CIRCLES WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
People go around and around when deprived of external heading cues
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46608

"Circular walking occurs when people have to rely solely on bodily cues, =
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rotational shifts and joint movements, to estimate the location of =E2=80=
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Souman hypothesizes. As random errors in bodily feedback accumulate, a pe=
rson eventually=20
drifts to one side or the other. A walker dependent on bodily cues may fi=
rst make a circle=20
to the right, drift back to a straight-ahead direction, start to zigzag a=
nd then make a=20
circle to the left".

See: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46608

Sam Wormley wrote:

Famously, that's how "The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English
road."

Mike.
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