Neuroscientists based in Stockholm, Sweden, have found that they can make people ‘feel’ the space immediately around them, with participants describing the sensation as if they have a ‘force field’ surrounding them.
Imagine you’ve just finished lunch with a friend in a restaurant. As you’re getting up to leave, a waitress passes through your peripheral vision. You’ll instinctively move in such a way as not to collide with her - your sense of peripheral space has saved you from getting doused in scalding hot coffee. Imagine if you’re walking through a forest and a low-hanging branch suddenly appears in your peripheral vision. Once again, your sense of peripheral space has prevented you from hitting your head on the branch. In essence, our sense of peripheral space acts as an invisible bubble around us that allows us to identify objects within our reach and protects us.
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