CAREN Balancing Act

A lot is happening in your brain when you balance a stick on your finger.
The frontallobe is receiving constant signals from your vision, balance organ, muscles and the ligaments in your hand and arm.

Your brain knows where your body parts are in relation to each other, and in relation to your surroundings and the stick.
If the point of balance moves, either in the stick or in your body, the cerebellum adjusts the muscles.

The longer the stick, the longer it will take to fall.
This makes the brains work easier as it has longer time to make adjustments and plan the movements of your body.

Using CAREN feedback loop we demonstrate the system actaully balancing a stick (at list) as well as most humans...

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