Simply thinking about where you are going may be able to activate mental maps ... they engage maps in the brain that store ...

Locations aren’t the only way our mental maps can be wrong; we also have misconceptions about the relative size of things. This may be due in part to the nature of two-dimensional maps.

I visualize them as pins on a mental map of the communities and locations across the U.S. that has been filling up my whole life. The familiar ones stick with me most: A shopping center I still ...

Scientists have known for decades that certain neurons in the hippocampus are dedicated to remembering specific locations where ... t been clear how those mental maps are formed.

These maps store information about paths you have taken and locations you have been to before, so you can navigate whenever you go there. New research from MIT has found that such mental maps also ...

These maps store information about paths you have taken and locations you have been to before, so you can navigate whenever you go there. New research from MIT has found that such mental maps also are ...