Presentation about sense of direction project!
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Here are some interesting articles
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On Geographic languages. "Does Your Language Shape How You Think" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html The quotes on slide 2 come from this article.
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Radiolab episode "Lost and Found", partly on a group of people with amazing navigational skills and a geographic language (using cardinal rather than absolute directions). This is what initially gave me the idea that turned into this project! http://www.radiolab.org/story/110079-lost-found/
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"Cache Cabs" on a study about London cab drivers. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/london-taxi-memory/
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On finding your way via turn by turn navigation vs having "mental maps", and brain scans. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141119-is-tech-creating-stupid-drivers
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Mercator projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection Image on slide of mercator projection taken from here.