"The effect of the broken escalator" when your brain thinks staying escalators dangerous Bashny.Net

You have never experienced vertigo when climbing on a broken escalator?



Many people are a little nervous when stepping onto a moving escalator. But more people feel uncomfortable when they have to go through the broken escalator - climbing on it can cause strange vertigo, called the effect of a broken escalator.

Broken escalator completely functional, despite the fact that no moving - e.g., people climb stairs without fear. But when you try to climb the broken escalator, some people have such a strong sense of wrongness that they stagger or stumble.

The researchers examined the causes of this phenomenon and concluded that everyone clearly distinguishes when the escalator is moving and when not to. If an escalator is not moving, then the person should just get up on it as the stairs, with normal walking pace. When the escalator is moving, the person usually quickly jumps on him to keep his balance.

In fact, people are stepping on the stationary escalator faster than normal ladder, but a bit slower than on a moving escalator - namely the fact that the platform "must" move, forcing people to walk on it in an unnatural pace for them.

via factroom.ru