People cannot walk in a straight line without a point of reference, even blindfolded or without clear landmarks. Researchers don’t know why, but people tend to walk straighter on sunny days and more circular on cloudy days. Humans cannot drive or swim straight without visual input, and geography doesn’t affect our ability to walk straight.
People are almost always unable to walk in a straight line without a point of reference. This is true with people who are blindfolded, as well as people who walk without a clear landmark such as the sun or a mountain. Researchers don’t know why people can’t walk in a straight line without a point of reference, but strangely, people tend to walk in straighter lines on sunny days and more circular lines on cloudy days.
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Scientists think humans are born with an innate sense of direction, but they don’t know why some people are better at navigating than others.
It’s not just walking that’s affected. Also, humans cannot drive or swim in a straight line without visual input.
Even the geography of a place does not affect our ability to walk in a straight line. Researchers have replicated these findings from desert to woodland to beach, and everywhere humans simply can’t walk straight without visual input.
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