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Using satnav 'switches off' parts of the brain

23 March 2017

A study led by Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) found that using a satnav to get to your destination 'switches off' parts of the brain that would otherwise be used to simulate different routes.

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