Human Brain, Like Google Maps, Creates Multiple Independent Maps While Finding The Way In Physical World

ScienceDaily (2009-10-07) -- Through the power of Google Earth, you can travel the globe from the comfort of your computer screen, peering down on everything from above. But once you change your perspective -- if you go into one of the buildings that you've looked down on -- you have to upload a new map. Now, researchers in Norway have discovered that the brain also creates multiple independent maps while finding the way in the physical world.

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