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Gravity Hard-Coded Into The Brain

Posted by timothy on from the faw-down-go-boom dept.

guiding_knight writes: "A study by French scientists suggests that gravity is imprinted in the human brain. Interesting article, tells of human ability to calculate effects of Earth-normal gravity and how difficult it is to adapt to another model."

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  1. So you mean... by psicE · · Score: 3, Funny

    with a little genetic engineering, we can all go around floating?

  2. Re:Useless article, lack of credibility and rigor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They're French, give them a break.

  3. Er, uh.. by niftyeric · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's also possible that the brain is able to learn and retain multiple models of acceleration.

    Like multiple hardware profiles? I don't know about this, my brain couldn't even switch back over to the "short hair profile" of my past when I went back to having short hair. :P

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  4. Re:Learning with and without gravity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's a bit hard to play it at all in zero-G