Comments on: The crowd dynamics of the city safari http://mindhacks.com/2011/12/18/the-crowd-dynamics-of-the-city-safari/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 19 May 2013 06:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: amelie http://mindhacks.com/2011/12/18/the-crowd-dynamics-of-the-city-safari/#comment-24565 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:42:22 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20884#comment-24565 Glad to see this article, I hope it explains mysteries mentioned by a blogger in my town; he wrote about “most annoying places to walk” based on which stores have pedestrians who exhibit clueless behavior, such as stopping in the middle of the plaza and blocking the narrow walkway, or people who have no clue how to use double doors.

]]> By: Jarmo Pystynen http://mindhacks.com/2011/12/18/the-crowd-dynamics-of-the-city-safari/#comment-24561 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:28:44 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20884#comment-24561 Many animals try to keep the potentially dangerous items of their life on their left side. This has something to do with wiring of the eyes. Humans may have the same tendency as well unless it’s culturally overwritten.

]]> By: Anthony http://mindhacks.com/2011/12/18/the-crowd-dynamics-of-the-city-safari/#comment-24545 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:23:09 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20884#comment-24545 As a “professional” pedestrian (I am not a driver), my experience is that it is far easier* to walk on crowded pavements in Manhattan than in London. I have often wondered whether this was due to a greater percentage of stay-right-unless-passing pedestrians in Manhattan.

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* by length of time walking non-stop, by lack of piling up, and by speed.

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