Lichtlabyrinth

Stations-ID: D082

Instructions:

Multiple photo-cells block a 7-Meter-long path. You must find a way through without triggering an alarm.
Exercise scenario: For easier orientation, rubber bands have been attached next to the photo cells.
Serious scenario: After the bands have been removed, you have to rely solely on your imagination.

• Which part do you find especially difficult?
• How many attempts do you need to pass through the labyrinth without mistakes?
• After how many practice runs, do you think you can make an attempt without the rubber bands for orientation?
• Observe other visitors doing the experiment

The American psychologist Karl Lashley (18900-1958) tried to localise memory in the brain. He let rats run through mazes and removed parts of their cerebral cortex afterward. His many experiments did not deliver any clear results, so he concluded (somewhat resignedly), that memory was not possible.

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