Rethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues

Abstract GPS navigation is commonplace in everyday life. While it has the capacity to make our lives easier, it is often used to automate functions that were once exclusively performed by our brain. Staying mentally active is key to healthy brain aging. Therefore, is GPS navigation causing more harm...

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Autores principales:	Gregory D. Clemenson, Antonella Maselli, Alexander J. Fiannaca, Amos Miller, Mar Gonzalez-Franco
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:25760b8a6d2c42489d24f6e494be3f092021-12-02T14:37:07ZRethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues10.1038/s41598-021-87148-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/25760b8a6d2c42489d24f6e494be3f092021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87148-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract GPS navigation is commonplace in everyday life. While it has the capacity to make our lives easier, it is often used to automate functions that were once exclusively performed by our brain. Staying mentally active is key to healthy brain aging. Therefore, is GPS navigation causing more harm than good? Here we demonstrate that traditional turn-by-turn navigation promotes passive spatial navigation and ultimately, poor spatial learning of the surrounding environment. We propose an alternative form of GPS navigation based on sensory augmentation, that has the potential to fundamentally alter the way we navigate with GPS. By implementing a 3D spatial audio system similar to an auditory compass, users are directed towards their destination without explicit directions. Rather than being led passively through verbal directions, users are encouraged to take an active role in their own spatial navigation, leading to more accurate cognitive maps of space. Technology will always play a significant role in everyday life; however, it is important that we actively engage with the world around us. By simply rethinking the way we interact with GPS navigation, we can engage users in their own spatial navigation, leading to a better spatial understanding of the explored environment.Gregory D. ClemensonAntonella MaselliAlexander J. FiannacaAmos MillerMar Gonzalez-FrancoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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description	Abstract GPS navigation is commonplace in everyday life. While it has the capacity to make our lives easier, it is often used to automate functions that were once exclusively performed by our brain. Staying mentally active is key to healthy brain aging. Therefore, is GPS navigation causing more harm than good? Here we demonstrate that traditional turn-by-turn navigation promotes passive spatial navigation and ultimately, poor spatial learning of the surrounding environment. We propose an alternative form of GPS navigation based on sensory augmentation, that has the potential to fundamentally alter the way we navigate with GPS. By implementing a 3D spatial audio system similar to an auditory compass, users are directed towards their destination without explicit directions. Rather than being led passively through verbal directions, users are encouraged to take an active role in their own spatial navigation, leading to more accurate cognitive maps of space. Technology will always play a significant role in everyday life; however, it is important that we actively engage with the world around us. By simply rethinking the way we interact with GPS navigation, we can engage users in their own spatial navigation, leading to a better spatial understanding of the explored environment.
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title	Rethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues
title_short	Rethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues
title_full	Rethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues
title_fullStr	Rethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues
title_full_unstemmed	Rethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues
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Rethinking GPS navigation: creating cognitive maps through auditory clues

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