Imagine you're playing hide and seek in a big park, even if you close your eyes, you know where to go. Some people have something like that built into their brains: human spatial navigation. It's kind of like having a map inside your head that tells them the way without any help from outside. Scientists think it has to do with a special part of the brain called the hippocampus.
Examples
- You know exactly where your bedroom is in a hotel, even with your eyes closed.
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See also
- Why Do Some People Have a 'Good' Sense of Direction?
- Why Do Some People Have a Sixth Sense for Finding Things?
- What is wayfinding?
- What are spatial navigation systems?
- What are orienting features?
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Categories: Biology · navigation· sense of direction· biological mechanisms· human perception· spatial awareness