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·March 25, 2023·4 min read

How the Brain’s Internal Compass Works

Findings shed new light on how the brain orients itself in changing environment, and how the natural navigation processes can diminish as a result of Alzheimer's disease.

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·March 15, 2023·5 min read

Visually Navigating on Foot Uses a Unique Brain Region

The brain uses a specific region called the occipital place area (OPA) to navigate through spaces visually while walking, and not when crawling or using other modes of movement. This discovery sheds light on how children develop spatial awareness and interact with their surroundings as they learn to walk.

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·January 6, 2023·3 min read

The Brain’s Ability to Perceive Space Expands Like the Universe

Time spent in a novel environment causes neural representations to grow in a surprising way.

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·April 4, 2022·6 min read

Growing Up in Rural or Suburban Areas Improves Spatial Navigation

People who were raised in rural or suburban areas have better spatial navigation skills than those raised within a city, a new study reveals.

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·November 16, 2021·6 min read

Ever Been Lost in the Grocery Store? Researchers Are Closer to Knowing Why It Happens

Findings shed light on repulsion, or why the brain treats similar environments as though they are more different than a pair of environments that have nothing in common.

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·October 28, 2021·5 min read

The Goal in Mind: Brain’s Internal Goal Map Helps Animals Precisely Navigate to Chosen Destination

Study reveals a specific neural code for spatial goals, providing evidence for the brain's goal map that guides us to a remote location over space and time.

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·October 22, 2021·5 min read

VR Experiment With Rats Offers New Insights About How Neurons Enable Learning

Studying rats in a virtual reality maze, researchers discover certain hippocampal neurons play a vital role in a specific mechanism of navigation.

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·October 18, 2021·5 min read

How the Brain Navigates Cities

Researchers say the brain appears to be wired to calculate not the shortest path, but the "pointiest" path, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.

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·September 3, 2021·4 min read

New Model for Solving Novel Problems Uses Mental Map

The cognitive map allows people to compute on the fly with limited information to solve abstract problems.

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·August 7, 2021·4 min read

Kids Set Free to Roam on Their Own Feel More Confident Navigating in Adulthood

Children allowed to explore a distance beyond their home either alone or with friends are more confident and accomplished in navigational skills as adults, researchers report.