Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...

If you give me directions using words like “north” or “east,” or rattle off a series of street names and intersections, I will nod politely and retain none of it. My sense of direction is so abysmal ...

I’m driving with my wife to a friend’s house that we’ve never been to before. “Why don’t you use the GPS?” she asks. “Because I know where I’m going,” I reply. She sighs and reaches over to turn on ...