The term sense of direction is made up of a lot of different components. If you've got a good sense of direction — as men are often rumored to — you never get lost or turned around in a foreign place, ...

Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...

As I mentioned in the last post, I used to have a pathetic sense of direction. I couldn't find my way out of the proverbial paper bag. If I was driving and approached an intersection from an ...

Head direction cells in rodents are directly connected with other neuronal structures used in navigation, most importantly the ‘grid cell area,’ report investigators. A team of neuroscientists led by ...

Smartphones and GPS devices make it easy to get around, but they can also inhibit your natural sense of direction if you rely on them too much. If you want to be a master navigator of an area, you ...