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Dartmouth College: Knowing Where the Center of a Space is Helps Inform Spatial Awareness
August 02, 2019
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Aug. 2 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release:

As you enter a new environment such as visiting a classroom for the first time, your brain takes in information about your surroundings to help inform where you are and what direction you are facing. Knowing where the center of the room is located helps provide a reference point for processing space. A Dartmouth study published in Science provides new insight into navigation and spatial learning b . . .

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