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Osher Gallery 1: Human Phenomenon
Experiment with thoughts, feelings, and social behavior.
Humans think, feel, and interact, and these phenomena are all open to scientific investigation and creative exploration. Here, you and others are the exhibits—so play with social interactions, observe others, and contribute your reflections.
Survival Game
Players struggle to keep their livestock herds alive and thriving—despite disease, drought, and other dangers. When your neighbor suffers a major loss, the question arises: Can you afford to share? But the real question may be, can you afford not to?
As One
As One invites two participants to partner, and take turns in the roles of leader or follower as they mirror one another’s movements.
Balancing Ball
Levitating on an invisible stream of air, a beach ball seems to defy gravity. If you try to pull the ball out, you can feel a force pulling it back in—the same force that keeps an airplane in flight.
Big Chair, Little Chair
Each of the chairs in this series has dimensions that are twice that of the smaller chair. But doubling the dimension of a chair doesn’t double its strength.
Big Tuning Fork
Distinct tones combine in the hum of this tuning fork.
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.
Bronze Hand
The combination of past experience and the sight and feel of being touched seems to change your brain's definition of your body's boundaries. You may even feel as if the fake hand is part of you.
Where: This exhibit is not currently on view.
Change Blindness
Something changes each time this picture blinks . . . but you probably won't see it.
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