Human Behavior Lab

Walking a Line Blindfolded

Walking a Line Blindfolded

• Does darkness affect your ability to walk in a straight line.

• To find out, stand at one end of a large empty room; have a colleague place a small object at the base of the wall on the opposite side of the room.

• Then walk slowly along a straight-line path to the object, keeping your hands and arms stretched out toward the object as you walk.

Walking a Line Blindfolded

• Now repeat the process, face the object, observe it, then keep eyes closed or have a blindfold put on; then attempt to walk directly in a straight line to the object.

• Record what happens.