People with higher reasoning skills appear to be better at forming internal maps of how different objects are related in ...

A new theory says personal change is like geographical exploration. Just as maps expand when new lands are discovered, our cognitive maps expand when we learn something new.

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan. These maps not only help us to, say, find our room on the correct floor of ...

Researchers found that mental representations known as cognitive maps, located in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, are activated when the brain performs mental simulations of a navigational ...

The stereotypical image of psychotherapy shows a patient lying on a couch, exploring their deepest traumas. This leads to ...

Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone. This finding, recently ...

Socrates famously stated, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” The Delphic maxims urged, "Know yourself.” Modern psychotherapists, coaches, and spiritual teachers advise us to explore ourselves ...

The science of adult learning provides a road map for strengths-based, age-inclusive programme design and helps turn classrooms into vibrant hubs of intergenerational learning ...