London, August 21: Ever found yourself walking in circles? Well, scientists have revealed why people struggle to walk in a straight line.
Researchers in Europe have discovered that when people are lost they return to the place they started when they lost their bearings — in fact, when deprived of a compass or some reference points they find it impossible to walk in a straight line, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ reported.
Lead researcher Dr Jan Souman of Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany said: “The stories about people who end up walking in circles when lost are true.
“People cannot walk in a straight line if they do not have absolute references, such as a tower or a mountain in the distance or the sun or moon, and often end up walking in circles.”
For the study, the researchers carried out two experiments.
–PTI