Humans have an internal 'physics engine' that helps us catch, throw and dodge objects

You don't need to have aced physics at school to understand and predict how objects behave in the real world. Now scientists have discovered why we possess this innate ability, by pinpointing the brain's'physics engine'. The'engine' comes alive when we watch physical events unfold – such as a ball being thrown towards us – and is not in the brain's vision centre, but in a set of devoted to planning actions. Scientists have discovered the brain's'physics engine' (coloured in this illustration). The'engine' comes alive when we watch physical events unfold, the scientists said The physics engine is located in several regions of the brain.