Finding our way around after GPS!

Have we become so dependent on our SatNav? Researchers have learned that using GPS-type systems affects our fundamental ability to find our way from one place to another. Knowing about these findings may encourage you to keep your GPS systems with you whenever possible or take other steps (such as, gasp, using paper maps) when GPS is not available to prevent navigation-related “unpleasantnesses.” Heft, Schwimmer, and Edmunds report that “One group of participants drove a simulated car in VR [virtual…

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