Jugglers rely on repetitive rhythmic motions to keep multiple balls aloft. Similar forms of rhythmic movement are also common in the animal world, where effective locomotion is equally important to a swift-moving gazelle and to the cheetah that’s chasing it, say researchers.
“It turns out that the art of juggling provides an interesting window into many of the same questions that you try to answer when you study forms of locomotion, such as walking or running,” says Noah Cowan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University who supervised a recent study published Journal of Neurophysiology.
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