Study looks at sensing, movement and behavior

Driving down a country road at night your car’s headlights illuminate a deer in your path, and the creature doesn’t move. Depending on your speed and other conditions, chances are good you will hit the deer. And if you do, it’s because you are in what is fittingly defined as the “collision mode,” according to a Northwestern University study, published online Nov. 13 by the journal PLoS Biology.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news114777717.html">Study looks at sensing, movement and behavior</a></p> <p>Driving down a country road at night your car’s headlights illuminate a deer in your path, and the creature doesn’t move. Depending on your speed and other conditions, chances are good you will hit the deer. And if you do, it’s because you are in what is fittingly defined as the “collision mode,” according to a Northwestern University study, published online Nov. 13 by the journal <i>PLoS Biology</i>.</p>