Some years back I had a side gig writing articles in which I essentially translated medical research on the brain and aging into layman’s terms for a digital magazine.
One of the pieces I found most fascinating was regarding the use of GPS systems and its impact on spatial memory.
A study conducted by researchers at McGill University found that the more a person used GPS, the steeper the decline in their hippocampal-dependent spatial memory.
What does that mean?
Basically, spatial memory, or your ability to remember where things are located, takes place in the hippocampus, a region of the brain heavily involved in memory, learning and emotion. It takes short term memories and transfers them into long term storage in our brains.
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