GPS use negatively affects environmental learning through spatial transformation abilities

2019/05/07 by Ian T. Ruginski, Sarah H. Creem-Regehr, Jeanine K. Stefanucci +1 · 1 voice · 5 citations
Engineering · Social Sciences · #Geographic Information Systems Studies #Geography Education and Pedagogy #Spatial Cognition and Navigation

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.05.001

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Discussions

• Apropos of nothing, thinking about how our brain's ability to hold a mental map atrophies the more we use GPS. doi.org/10.1016/j.je... [bsky, 5 points, 1 comments]