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Why can’t we walk straight?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Anouk Vleugels in Earth

Brilliant video about a mystery scientists have been trying to explain for 80 years. Why can’t we walk straight? What do you think?

Source: Vimeo
Research: Sciencedirect

Souman, J., Frissen, I., Sreenivasa, M., & Ernst, M. (2009). Walking Straight into Circles Current Biology, 19 (18), 1538-1542 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.053

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