A new study shows, when lost, people naturally walk in circles. Aug. 20, 2009— -- If you've ever been lost and got the feeling you were just retracing your steps, chances are you're right.

Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, led by Jan Souman and Marc Ernst, have now presented the first empirical ...

If you're lost in the woods and you feel like you're walking in circles, you probably are. Without landmarks to guide us, people really do go around and around, a new study has found. The finding ...

When lost, he thought, people would probably veer left or ... looking like a child had scribbled on a piece of paper. Walking in circles, Souman and his team think, isn’t caused by some physical ...