If you were lucky enough to finish most of your cognitive development before widespread GPS adoption ? Try to use a paper map now as often as you can so that you keep that ability. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Habitual use of GPS negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigationwww.nature.comLinda HolmesThe thing is yes, paper maps, but also: You naturally learned how to get around more than people do now. I knew my way around my early neighborhoods where I drove a lot better than I have in the ones where I had GPS all the time.
