Human Whiskers

Movement is nearly always part of sensing the world around us- we scan a room with our eyes or step back from a painting to get a different perspective; we tilt our heads to sniff; we lean in for abetter listen; we stroke our babies' heads to learn their contours. Michele Rucci, the director of...

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Published inThe Scientist Vol. 27; no. 2; p. 19
Main Author Grens, Kerry
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Midland LabX Media Group 01.02.2013
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Summary:Movement is nearly always part of sensing the world around us- we scan a room with our eyes or step back from a painting to get a different perspective; we tilt our heads to sniff; we lean in for abetter listen; we stroke our babies' heads to learn their contours. Michele Rucci, the director of the Active Perception Laboratory at Boston University, offers this example: when you walk into a room, you select the location you want to examine based on the visual information you've gathered- your perception altered your behavior, and in response, "this behavior is now instructing vision," he says.
ISSN:0890-3670
1547-0806