BRAZEN RECOMMENDS: The Neuroscience of Distance and Desire

Do objects that we want or like appear closer to us than they actually are?

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Ever wondered why the path up that flight of stairs looks never-ending when you’ve just had your lunch? Or why it always looks like you can reach that really cool book on the top shelf, before you actually try, and find you can’t even brush it? In this delightfully interesting article from Scientific American, some light is shed on that question, as it explores how our desire to reach or obtain a target can influence our very perception of its position in the space around us; and how that could benefit us, in ways we might not even notice on the daily.