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Sense of direction is the ability to know one's location and perform wayfinding.[1][2] It is related to cognitive maps, spatial awareness, and spatial cognition.[3]
Sense of direction can be impaired by brain damage, such as in the case of topographical disorientation.
Humans create spatial maps whenever they go somewhere. Neurons called place cells inside the hippocampus fire individually while a person makes their way through an environment. This was first discovered in rats, when the neurons of the hippocampus were recorded. Certain neurons fired whenever the rat was in a certain area of its environment. These neurons form a grid when they are all put together on the same plane.
^"Definition of "sense of direction" | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
^Cornell, Edward H.; Sorenson, Autumn; Mio, Teresa (2003-06-01). "Human Sense of Direction and Wayfinding". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 93 (2): 399–425. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.537.3384. doi:10.1111/1467-8306.9302009. ISSN 0004-5608. S2CID 53704345.
^Kozlowski; Bryant (1977). "Sense of direction, spatial orientation, and cognitive maps". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
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