Over time, the tree rights itself, pushing back toward vertical through a mechanism that looks, functionally, like a muscle. The discovery points to what scientists call a "sensorimotor loop" — the tree sensing its own posture and actively correcting it.
Over time, the tree rights itself, pushing back toward vertical through a mechanism that looks, functionally, like a muscle.
The discovery points to what scientists call a "sensorimotor loop" — the tree sensing its own posture and actively correcting it.
As lead researcher Bruno Moulia puts it, "poor coordination in the successive activation of tension wood results in excessive internal tension" — which means trees, like athletes, can be undone by their own...
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Over time, the tree rights itself, pushing back toward vertical through a mechanism that looks, functionally, like a muscle. The discovery points to what scientists call a "sensorimotor loop" — the tree sensing its own posture and actively correcting it. As lead researcher Bruno Moulia puts it, "poor coordination in the successive activation of tension wood results in excessive internal tension" — which means trees, like athletes, can be undone by their own straining.
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