Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Your Perception of Gravity is Relative

According to a new study, You are able judge how objects will fall when you are upright then when you are on your side. The study took 15 volunteers with laptops and showed computer generated pictures of vases positioned at different angles at the edge of a table and asked which way they'd fall. They were then tested both upright and lying down. The researches found that people were able to judge the fall better when they were upright then when lying down, presumably because we spend most of our time upright and are in our equilibrium.

And our senses do play tricks on us and since our brain perceives gravity's direction through multiple senses, our perception of gravity can be a little well... Off. Stand up hold your right arm out to you side and stand on your right leg with yours eyes open, now do the same with your eyes closed and see how by lacking that extra sensory information, your balance goes off and your brain has tricked you.

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43 comments:

  1. ChrizMay 3, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    maybe u should write a entry about possibilies of USA faking osamas death ....

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  2. choikestaMay 3, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    Yeah I thought about it, but I'm getting sick of seeing osama everywhere. I like news that you don't hear about too often or stuff that's weird etc, Idk I might though.

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  3. DolaMay 3, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    are you saying gravity hits me harder because im fat? xD

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  4. PonyMay 3, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Huh, that's kinda strange!

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  5. sp3nnyMay 3, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    very interesting, thanks!

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  6. Nom de PlumeMay 3, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Yeah this is boring! I want more Osama. NOT! :P
    Do you have a link to the study?

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  7. ThorfanMay 3, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    I love random bits of info like this lol. Can't wait for your next blog!

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  8. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    Wow I tried that, much harder with eyes closed.

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  9. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    neat thanks for the info, I had no clue

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  10. Cyl YoannMay 3, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    if you are fat, your gravity perc eption is different ! hahaha

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  11. choikestaMay 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    I put the link at bottom off post

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  12. AlexMay 3, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    thats rly cool. thx for sharing

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  13. ClassicPhilMay 3, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    lol @ Cyl

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  14. TrolskeMay 3, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Hm...it's strange...usally I can keep my balance better with eyes closed Oo

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  15. BlacherMay 3, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    im pretty sure of my gravity perception...

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  16. PondererMay 3, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Very interesting, now that I think about it I've noticed this in the past!

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  17. brnMay 3, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    this is pretty interesting! oh, and lol @ cyl

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  18. NocontrolMay 3, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    it's pretty mind bending when you consider that scientists still don't know exactly what causes gravity, besides "attraction between objects," there's no real explanation as to why

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  19. Dave BenzeneMay 3, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    interesting post, good read

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  20. Come At Me BroMay 3, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    This is great!

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  21. RockinruleMay 3, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    9.8 m/s squared

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  22. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Wow, that's trippy

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  23. ShiftMay 3, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    I love brain tricks.

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  24. ArmageddaMay 3, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    That's a very interesting read, and no I couldnt resist trying to trick my brain...turns out it is as weak as the test subjects'.

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  25. SmartDroidsMay 3, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    Interesting

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  26. SeanMay 3, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    Did Newton know this hundreds of years ago? Perhaps.

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  27. Gambling DegenerateMay 3, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    strange but makes sense to me! funny i feel like trying it now

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  28. goat-on-a-stikMay 4, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    woa, i just tried that. that's weird!!

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  29. Mysterious StrangerMay 4, 2011 at 3:19 AM

    I did too! Its strange how complex and wonderful our sense are when placed in odd or akward angles.

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  30. AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 3:25 AM

    love this

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  31. ShabondamaMay 4, 2011 at 4:18 AM

    I always think about that... and it's a mindfuck >o<

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  32. RumikoMay 4, 2011 at 5:32 AM

    Thought a bit about this, nice to see small studies has been done, and to see that it isn't just me who's confused. Thanks for the read!

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  33. stonedperceptionMay 4, 2011 at 5:44 AM

    cool read, nice blog - followed!

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  34. SpeedNSaveMay 4, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    Wow that interesting thanks for the post

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  35. CarefaceMay 4, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    Interesting post. Learned something new today also.

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  36. mindlessfrkMay 4, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    I barely can read while I'm laying too xD
    And I got better perception of gravity after playing portal 2 xD

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  37. TriperMay 4, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    Wooow! Very good point of view. Never heard about this, good post.

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  38. cadexnMay 4, 2011 at 6:17 AM

    What all this means is that we mankind have no freaking idea of anything in this world. We just go with the floooow~

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  39. GreenIdeasMay 4, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    learn something new every day.. thats just trippy :)

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  40. KevinMay 4, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Looks awesome :) Never thought of it like that before.

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  41. LealeepoMay 4, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    Very interesting. We only use 2% of our brain. The power of the human brain is amazing!

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  42. TMHMay 4, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    Love reading random facts like this, keep it up

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  43. AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Nice to see some interesting facts and findings rather than Osama's death vs the Us faking it.

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