Researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara recently conducted a study, published in the Memory & Cognition journal, to determine which group is better at directions. To do so, they ...

There's one thing all animals have in common: a sense of direction. And while other animals may navigate better than we humans, most humans navigate better than I do. Case in point: The time I visited ...

In this Perspective, we evaluate current progress in understanding how the brain encodes our sense of direction, within the context of parallel work focused on how early vestibular pathways encode ...

Humans are really good at navigation. It’s how we managed — over eons — to migrate across the world’s great landmasses and oceans. It has enabled us to to find our way around areas as vast as space, ...

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 ...

Analysts found that men are more likely to take shortcuts while women follow learned routes Are men or women better navigators? It’s the guys, according to a new report. » RELATED: Blame your GPS for ...