Struggling with spatial navigation in a virtual reality environment can predict actual brain shrinkage a year later in adults ...

EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants. The study is a first step in ...

As a researcher studying memory and navigation, I aim to understand how the brain supports spatial navigation and what ...

Nuri Jeong remembers the feeling of surprise she felt during a trip back to South Korea, while visiting her grandmother, who'd been grappling with Alzheimer's disease. "I hadn't seen her in six years, ...

Did you know that after age 50, your brain shrinks? On average, the hippocampus shrinks 1-2% year by year at this time. The ...

Grid cells are a class of specialized neurons in a brain region called the entorhinal cortex, which is known to support spatial navigation and some memory processes. Past neuroscience studies have ...

Smartphones and GPS have transformed how we travel. People once used memory and maps. Now, digital navigation offers instant ...

Wanting to catch what someone said in a movie scene or listen to that rad new Def Leppard track one more time meant pressing ...