Scientists show how the brain's estimate of Newton's laws affects perceived object stability

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 16:00 in Psychology & Sociology

The next time you are in Pisa, try looking at its tower from a different perspective. Newton's laws of motion predict that an object will fall when its centre-of-mass lies beyond its base of support. But how does your brain know whether the tower will fall or not?

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