Centuries of sailors weren’t wrong: Looking at the horizon stabilizes posture
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 26 January, 2011
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Everybody who has been aboard a ship has heard the advice: if you feel unsteady, look at the horizon. For a new study, 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....