Scientists show that people really walk in circles when lost (w/ Video)

Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 12:35 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, led by Jan Souman and Marc Ernst, have now presented the first empirical evidence that people really walk in circles when they do not have reliable cues to their walking direction.

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