Growing up in rural or suburban areas improves spatial navigation

People who grew up in rural or suburban areas have better spatial navigation skills than those raised in cities, particularly cities with grid-pattern streets, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL, University of Lyon and the University of East Anglia (UEA). The researchers also found that people whose home cities had grid layouts were slightly better at navigating similarly organised street patterns, despite having poorer performance overall, as early childhood environments influence not only navigation ability, but navigation styles as well. The study, published in Nature, involved nearly…

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Saatchi & Saatchi and Deutsche Telekom launch game that aids dementia research

Following the astounding success of the mobile game Sea Hero Quest, launched in 2016, today Deutsche Telekom and Saatchi & Saatchi London launches the world’s first consumer focused Virtual Reality (VR) game where anyone can help scientists fight dementia through gameplay. Sea Hero Quest VR aims to harness the power of VR gameplay to aid dementia research by helping to further advance our understanding of spatial navigation, and therefore understand one of the earliest symptoms of dementia. As Deutsche Telekom continues to connect people through technology this next iteration represents…

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