Let's walk a few steps together
I saw this man waiting near the postbox near my home. He was looking for someone. He was getting ready to walk. As another man came near him, they both started walking. A very common event, that we come across almost everyday. We walk together with others. I wonder at the ability of our brains to do something as simple as walking together. Walking, by itself demands a lot of coordination between the brain and the limbs. That's out of scope for this blog. Other than that, a lot of processing goes on in our brains to walk together. The first one is to identify the other as someone related. Note that we don't attempt to walk together with total strangers. This is followed by continuously adjusting the pace of walking. The brains of both the walkers continue to go through this process. Do animals exhibit this capability? Dogs do, probably due to their long association with humans. With other animals, this i...