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Where do you think you are? A brain scan can tell
Posted by Mo on March 12, 2009
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Spatial navigation is a complex mental task which is strongly dependent upon memory. As we make our way around a new environment, we look for easily recognisable landmarks and try to remember how their locations are related in space, so that when we return to it we can negotiate our path. We know that spatial…