An internal cognitive map can be used to solve abstract problems like finding novel route between two different location, finds a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Animals and humans ...

A city’s street plan isn’t just the canvas that we paint our lives on—it’s a work of art on its own. This is true regardless whether the avenues and thoroughfares were meticulously arranged into an ...

It’s easy to forget that Google Maps is so incredible. With a few taps, it’ll calculate the most efficient trip you can take just across town or all the way across the world. Walking, driving, ...

The brain creates internal 'maps' to help us navigate and learn from our surroundings, but how these maps form remains a challenge to understand. Now, a study led by Liset M. de la Prida at the Cajal ...