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Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World
By O'Connor, M.R
- ISBN
- 9781250096968 9781250200235
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on February 1, 2019 | Science and Technology
Investigative reporter O'Connor (Resurrection Science) goes back in time and around the globe to explore how humans have learned to navigate. From neuroscientists, she learns that the ability to navigate is controlled by the hippocampus. Because it helps with memory formation, deterioration of the hippocampus is also implicated in Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. This led the author to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
