When people get in their cars in LA, one of the first things they do is type a destination into a smartphone. Millions of people worldwide use GPS. Now new science says it could affect our brains in serious adverse ways.
Over-reliance on Waze and Google Maps could hurt your brain
Google Maps app. Photo credit: Deepanker Verma/CC 2.0, via Pixabay
Credits
Guest:
Maura O’Connor - author of "Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World"
Host:
Barbara Bogaev
Producers:
Sarah Sweeney,
Michell Eloy,
Amy Ta,
Yael Even Or,
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir,
Rosalie Atkinson,
Adriana Cargill