Through a series of investigations, it was found that regularly using this tool can seriously affect our brain.
Nowadays, There are few people who do not use GPS (or Global Positioning System) when they travel by car. This tool has gone from being a recommendation to being an essential function of any vehicle.
Although in general view it seems like a useful aid for those who are disoriented, some experts carried out research in which they discovered that The use of GPS may cause adverse effects.
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What are the effects on the brain from using GPS in the car?
Human navigation involves mental processes that build a sense of directionIn this sense, if these cognitive activities, which include map reading and route planning, cannot be carried out, certain areas of the brain would not develop correctly.
One of the studies that proves this is one conducted by researcher Eleanor Maguire at the University College of London. Here, Maguire took as a study subject 79 London taxi drivers hopefuls for four years, in order to pass the exam they have to memorise 25,000 streets in the English capital. With this he sought to measure the growth of their hippocampuses through memory tests and magnetic resonance imaging.
The taxi driver candidates were compared with people of the same age and similar education and intelligence. The results showed Greater stimulation and development of the brains of taxi drivers, who had more grey matter in the posterior hippocampus.
On the other hand, the study also proved that There is a relationship between working time and the size of the hippocampus: The longer they had been driving a taxi, the larger their hippocampus.
Another study at McGill University in Montreal, done by Louisa Dahmani and Véronique D. Bohbotshowed that those who used GPS had worse spatial memory than those who did not use the tool.
Source: Ambito
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