Gender Difference in Spatial Ability Influenced by Task Context
New research has found that gender differences in spatial ability is significantly affected by the conceptual framework the task is presented in.
Animated Map of 118 Birds Species Migrating
Pulling millions of observations from the eBird citizen-science database, scientists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have mapped out the migration of 118 bird species in the Western Hemisphere.
Providing Good Directions Depends on the Order of the Words
How you order words when giving directions affects how quickly recipients can successfully follow those directions.
Why Do We Blindly Follow Our GPS?
Stories abound of people blindly following GPS directions, leading to the term “death by GPS”. Why do people put so much faith in digital directions?
When You Can’t Make Make Mental Maps: Developmental Topographical Disorientation
Developmental Topographical Disorientation is a rare neurological condition that prevents people from creating mental maps of their surroundings and impairs navigation.