#spatialmemory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #spatialmemory, aggregated by home.social.
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"We now leave #navigation to our #phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost." #JohnHarris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/smartphone-apps-gps-mountain-rescues-rise
"#GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder #mountain #rescuers are being called out so often. [...] Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of #rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. [...] across #Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, and their ability to cope when they actually get there. [...] research suggesting that “people with greater lifetime GPS experience have worse #spatialmemory during self-guided navigation”. [...] retested 3 years after the initial research, when they found that “greater GPS use since initial testing was associated with a steeper decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory”. The #hippocampus is the part of the brain that deals with navigation: among London taxi drivers, the need to memorise so many geographical details was found to cause it to increase in size. But here were findings that suggested the opposite: reliance on automated #directions reducing people’s capacity to navigate for themselves." #cartography
Thx #SophieBerrebi -
"We now leave #navigation to our #phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost." #JohnHarris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/smartphone-apps-gps-mountain-rescues-rise
"#GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder #mountain #rescuers are being called out so often. [...] Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of #rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. [...] across #Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, and their ability to cope when they actually get there. [...] research suggesting that “people with greater lifetime GPS experience have worse #spatialmemory during self-guided navigation”. [...] retested 3 years after the initial research, when they found that “greater GPS use since initial testing was associated with a steeper decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory”. The #hippocampus is the part of the brain that deals with navigation: among London taxi drivers, the need to memorise so many geographical details was found to cause it to increase in size. But here were findings that suggested the opposite: reliance on automated #directions reducing people’s capacity to navigate for themselves." #cartography
Thx #SophieBerrebi -
"We now leave #navigation to our #phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost." #JohnHarris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/smartphone-apps-gps-mountain-rescues-rise
"#GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder #mountain #rescuers are being called out so often. [...] Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of #rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. [...] across #Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, and their ability to cope when they actually get there. [...] research suggesting that “people with greater lifetime GPS experience have worse #spatialmemory during self-guided navigation”. [...] retested 3 years after the initial research, when they found that “greater GPS use since initial testing was associated with a steeper decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory”. The #hippocampus is the part of the brain that deals with navigation: among London taxi drivers, the need to memorise so many geographical details was found to cause it to increase in size. But here were findings that suggested the opposite: reliance on automated #directions reducing people’s capacity to navigate for themselves." #cartography
Thx #SophieBerrebi -
"We now leave #navigation to our #phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost." #JohnHarris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/smartphone-apps-gps-mountain-rescues-rise
"#GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder #mountain #rescuers are being called out so often. [...] Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of #rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. [...] across #Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, and their ability to cope when they actually get there. [...] research suggesting that “people with greater lifetime GPS experience have worse #spatialmemory during self-guided navigation”. [...] retested 3 years after the initial research, when they found that “greater GPS use since initial testing was associated with a steeper decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory”. The #hippocampus is the part of the brain that deals with navigation: among London taxi drivers, the need to memorise so many geographical details was found to cause it to increase in size. But here were findings that suggested the opposite: reliance on automated #directions reducing people’s capacity to navigate for themselves." #cartography
Thx #SophieBerrebi -
"We now leave #navigation to our #phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost." #JohnHarris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/smartphone-apps-gps-mountain-rescues-rise
"#GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder #mountain #rescuers are being called out so often. [...] Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of #rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. [...] across #Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, and their ability to cope when they actually get there. [...] research suggesting that “people with greater lifetime GPS experience have worse #spatialmemory during self-guided navigation”. [...] retested 3 years after the initial research, when they found that “greater GPS use since initial testing was associated with a steeper decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory”. The #hippocampus is the part of the brain that deals with navigation: among London taxi drivers, the need to memorise so many geographical details was found to cause it to increase in size. But here were findings that suggested the opposite: reliance on automated #directions reducing people’s capacity to navigate for themselves." #cartography
Thx #SophieBerrebi -
Interested in how spatial coding is impaired in the medial entorhinal cortex? Join Gustavo Rodriguez on Thursday, 27th June at #fens2024 to hear about it.
Poster nr: PS04-27PM-531
@fensorg @_brightfocus #spatialmemory #dementia #alzheimers -
Interested in how spatial coding is impaired in the medial entorhinal cortex? Join Gustavo Rodriguez on Thursday, 27th June at #fens2024 to hear about it.
Poster nr: PS04-27PM-531
@fensorg @_brightfocus #spatialmemory #dementia #alzheimers -
Interested in how spatial coding is impaired in the medial entorhinal cortex? Join Gustavo Rodriguez on Thursday, 27th June at #fens2024 to hear about it.
Poster nr: PS04-27PM-531
@fensorg @_brightfocus #spatialmemory #dementia #alzheimers -
Interested in how spatial coding is impaired in the medial entorhinal cortex? Join Gustavo Rodriguez on Thursday, 27th June at #fens2024 to hear about it.
Poster nr: PS04-27PM-531
@fensorg @_brightfocus #spatialmemory #dementia #alzheimers -
Interested in how spatial coding is impaired in the medial entorhinal cortex? Join Gustavo Rodriguez on Thursday, 27th June at #fens2024 to hear about it.
Poster nr: PS04-27PM-531
@fensorg @_brightfocus #spatialmemory #dementia #alzheimers -
A study conducted in Turkey discovered that adding #caffeine to the drinking water of rats exposed to #socialisolationstress can protect them from developing #spatialmemory impairments. While rats who did not drink caffeine with water showed spatial memory impairments as a result of #stress, these impairments were absent in rats who drank water with caffeine.
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A study conducted in Turkey discovered that adding #caffeine to the drinking water of rats exposed to #socialisolationstress can protect them from developing #spatialmemory impairments. While rats who did not drink caffeine with water showed spatial memory impairments as a result of #stress, these impairments were absent in rats who drank water with caffeine.
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A study conducted in Turkey discovered that adding #caffeine to the drinking water of rats exposed to #socialisolationstress can protect them from developing #spatialmemory impairments. While rats who did not drink caffeine with water showed spatial memory impairments as a result of #stress, these impairments were absent in rats who drank water with caffeine.
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A study conducted in Turkey discovered that adding #caffeine to the drinking water of rats exposed to #socialisolationstress can protect them from developing #spatialmemory impairments. While rats who did not drink caffeine with water showed spatial memory impairments as a result of #stress, these impairments were absent in rats who drank water with caffeine.
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A study conducted in Turkey discovered that adding #caffeine to the drinking water of rats exposed to #socialisolationstress can protect them from developing #spatialmemory impairments. While rats who did not drink caffeine with water showed spatial memory impairments as a result of #stress, these impairments were absent in rats who drank water with caffeine.
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#Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces https://phys.org/news/2023-08-butterflies-sizeable-spaces.html
Long-term #SpatialMemory across large spatial scales in #Heliconius butterflies: Priscila Moura et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223007595
"Spatial learning is known in #insects, but much of the research has focused on #ants, #bees which live socially. This study provides the first direct evidence of spatial learning in butterflies or #moths, and suggests that complex learning skills may be more common in insects"
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#Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces https://phys.org/news/2023-08-butterflies-sizeable-spaces.html
Long-term #SpatialMemory across large spatial scales in #Heliconius butterflies: Priscila Moura et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223007595
"Spatial learning is known in #insects, but much of the research has focused on #ants, #bees which live socially. This study provides the first direct evidence of spatial learning in butterflies or #moths, and suggests that complex learning skills may be more common in insects"
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#Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces https://phys.org/news/2023-08-butterflies-sizeable-spaces.html
Long-term #SpatialMemory across large spatial scales in #Heliconius butterflies: Priscila Moura et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223007595
"Spatial learning is known in #insects, but much of the research has focused on #ants, #bees which live socially. This study provides the first direct evidence of spatial learning in butterflies or #moths, and suggests that complex learning skills may be more common in insects"
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#Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces https://phys.org/news/2023-08-butterflies-sizeable-spaces.html
Long-term #SpatialMemory across large spatial scales in #Heliconius butterflies: Priscila Moura et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223007595
"Spatial learning is known in #insects, but much of the research has focused on #ants, #bees which live socially. This study provides the first direct evidence of spatial learning in butterflies or #moths, and suggests that complex learning skills may be more common in insects"
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#Butterflies can remember where things are over sizeable spaces https://phys.org/news/2023-08-butterflies-sizeable-spaces.html
Long-term #SpatialMemory across large spatial scales in #Heliconius butterflies: Priscila Moura et al. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223007595
"Spatial learning is known in #insects, but much of the research has focused on #ants, #bees which live socially. This study provides the first direct evidence of spatial learning in butterflies or #moths, and suggests that complex learning skills may be more common in insects"