MIT researchers tested the “Spatial Computing” theory and found that brain waves organize neurons into flexible, ...

EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants. The study is a first step in ...

A multi-sensory digital treatment protocol, incorporating sensory integration, sensory substitution, and sensory masking (e.g., blindfolding), significantly improved participants’ performance on ...

From navigation to social behavior to personality, scientists are rewriting what it means to be a clever snake. Here’s what ...

Virtual reality reveals that curiosity is key in shaping our spatial memory and mental map formation, finds new research by Cardiff University and Royal Holloway, University of London. By using ...

UVA doctoral student Musa Kazim Azimli uses spatial storytelling to reconstruct an Ottoman Empire slave market.

Scientists have identified a previously unseen layered organization inside one of the brain’s most important memory hubs.

The unofficial record for reciting digits of pi is held by a Japanese engineer, Akira Haraguchi, who memorized a whopping 100,000 digits of the constant. Haraguchi’s record was filmed east of Tokyo in ...

RENO, Nev. — Usually, forgetting where you put your coffee cup down doesn’t have a major impact on the rest of your life – you can easily retrieve another cup of coffee (and find the other one later, ...