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Herd Sense

The attentional ability for individuals in a mass-transit environment to navigate a crowd and not impede others’ navigation, such as by stopping suddenly, being distracted by a phone, or zig-zag walking.

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Origin

Coined by Gabriel Krieshok sometime around 2006 after spending time on the bustling University of Kansas campus, where it was noted that individuals had a high herd-sense, compared to other public mass transit areas.