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Brain’s GPS system influenced by shape of environment

February 11, 2015 by

Patterns created by the brain's grid cells, which are believed to guide navigation, are modified by the shape of the environment, according to new research. This means grid patterns aren't a universal metric for the brain's GPS system to measure distance, as previously thought.

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