{"id":1786428,"date":"2018-10-17T12:14:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786428"},"modified":"2018-10-17T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:14:19","slug":"are-people-with-a-good-sense-of-smell-better-navigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/are-people-with-a-good-sense-of-smell-better-navigators\/","title":{"rendered":"Are People with a Good Sense of Smell Better Navigators?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent study suggests that there’s a link between a good sense of smell and a good sense of direction<\/a>, with the same brain areas being implicated in both abilities. As someone who has difficulty getting lost who also has a precise<\/em> sense of smell, I resemble this study, which was published at Nature Communications<\/em><\/a>. [Boing Boing<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent study suggests that there’s a link between a good sense of smell and a good sense of direction, with the same brain areas being implicated in both abilities. 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