Centuries of sailors weren't wrong: Looking at the horizon stabilizes posture
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 12:03
in Psychology & Sociology
Everybody who has been aboard a ship has heard the advice: if you feel unsteady, look at the horizon. For a study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers measured how much people sway on land and at sea and found there's truth in that advice; people aboard a ship are steadier if they fix their eyes on the horizon.