Comments on: Walk this sway http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dude http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/#comment-13348 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:54:19 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15816#comment-13348 I brought this subject into my psychology class and now I have to make a study on it :) ) My professor said it was very interesting.
I have to study the relationship between the personality of the individuals and the distance they can walk in straight line.
Help? :P

]]> By: Erik http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/#comment-13347 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:49:57 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15816#comment-13347 Grashabelle
The tendency you speak of is cultural. If you were in Japan you would find yourself on collision course with others.
The tendency is based on cultural driving habits and can be seen when walking on the sidewalk or anywhere people are streaming along. Go somewhere where the cultural norm is driving on the left side and you will see people also walk to the left.

]]> By: Nathan Pahucki http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/#comment-13305 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:53:41 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15816#comment-13305 Has anyone considered the Coriolis Effect my affect the internals of human equilibrium too?

]]> By: aljamieson http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/#comment-13292 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:22:16 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15816#comment-13292 Your looking to the wrong science for an explanation. Physics answers that problem, and the extremely short answer is gravity.

]]> By: grashabelle http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/#comment-13267 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:29:05 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15816#comment-13267 Slightly off-topic but it also brings to mind our perplexing tendency to commonly turn towards the right direction assuming there is no definite destination.

This usually is very much observable in shopping malls when coming from an escalator or emerging from the elevator. Majority of people head for the right direction. This actually led mall operators to charge rental differently in favor of stores on the right side as it ostensibly and advantageously gains more foot traffic.

If anyone has come across a report or study that tried to shed light on this matter then pls post the link here.

]]> By: Confused http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/#comment-13263 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:25:13 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15816#comment-13263 What really fascinates me – and isn’t mentioned in the article – is how often the route starts off more or less straight and becomes tighter and tighter.

I’d also be interested to see repeat data from the same individual compared with other individuals, to see if there’s some pattern that’s unique to each person.

]]> By: The Mystery of Silly Walks - Nerdcore http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/23/walk-this-sway/#comment-13261 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:18:27 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15816#comment-13261 [...] The Mystery of Silly Walks (via Mindhacks) [...]

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