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Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation

Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation

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Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation

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Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Scientific reports, 2020-04, Vol.10 (1), p.6310-6310, Article 6310

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation devices and applications have become ubiquitous over the last decade. However, it is unclear whether using GPS affects our own internal navigation system, or spatial memory, which critically relies on the hippocampus. We assessed the lifetime GPS experience of 50 regular drivers as well as various facets o...

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Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7156656

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7156656

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2045-2322

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2045-2322

DOI

10.1038/s41598-020-62877-0

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