Gravity Hard-Coded Into The Brain

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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Article says it is NOT hardwired

[m_evanchik]

Despite its title, the article states the scientists are unsure of how "hard-coded" gravity is in the brain:

It's possible that the astronauts did adapt to 0-g, and then readapted back to 1-g again. It's also possible that the brain is able to learn and retain multiple models of acceleration. In different situations, it might simply choose which one to apply. That, in fact, is what McIntyre and his colleagues believe is going on.

In other words, like on Slashdot and other publications, the headline writers didn't read the article, or deliberately misstated its conclusion in the interest of an exciting headline.