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How does satellite navigation affect our brain?

3 January 2020

The brain isn’t nearly as active when using sat nav rather than memory, and doesn’t process the information in the same way as it does when using a traditional map, explains Professor Hugo Spiers (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).

Listen: BBC Radio 4’s ‘What has Sat-Nav Done to Our Brains?’ (from 4 mins 13 secs)