Nature

Reference frames for reaching when decoupling eye and target position in depth and direction

The reaching movement can be thought of as a vector that starts at the current location of the hand and ends at the reaching target 1. Information about the location of the reaching target, initially ...
Phys.org

Testing quantum mechanics in a non-inertial reference frame using a rotating interferometer

A team of researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Southampton has devised a novel way to test quantum mechanics in a non-inertial reference frame by using a rotating ...
Simon Fraser University

Frames of Reference

This PSSC film made in 1960 is one of the finest physics films ever made. All students should see it at some point in their studies. See the article '"Frames of Reference" revisited' by Alistair Steyn ...
Medical Xpress

Across cultures, people combine reference frames to orient themselves

When walking through an unfamiliar city, we might rely on different types of directions. Head east out of the train station, take a left at the stoplight, turn at the building with the mural. To move ...
Nature

Spaces within spaces: rat parietal cortex neurons register position across three reference frames

One feature of spatial cognition is the ability to simultaneously discern position in multiple external (that is, non-egocentric) frames of reference. Although hippocampal and entorhinal cortical ...