Wayfinding : (Record no. 53742)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781250096968
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 152.142 OCO-M
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name O' Connor, M. R.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Wayfinding :
Remainder of title the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. M. R. O' Connor
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. St. Martin's Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2019
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 354 p.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price type code USD
Price amount 29.99.
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General note "A marvel of storytelling." ―Kirkus (Starred Review)<br/><br/>In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision―especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. O'Connor goes to the Arctic, the Australian bush and the South Pacific to talk to masters of their environment who seek to preserve their traditions at a time when anyone can use a GPS to navigate.<br/><br/>O’Connor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus. Without it, people inhabit a dream state, becoming amnesiacs incapable of finding their way, recalling the past, or imagining the future. Studies have shown that the more we exercise our cognitive mapping skills, the greater the grey matter and health of our hippocampus. O'Connor talks to scientists studying how atrophy in the hippocampus is associated with afflictions such as impaired memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, depression and PTSD.<br/>Wayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species' profound capacity for exploration, memory and storytelling results in topophilia, the love of place.<br/><br/>"O'Connor talked to just the right people in just the right places, and her narrative is a marvel of storytelling on its own merits, erudite but lightly worn. There are many reasons why people should make efforts to improve their geographical literacy, and O'Connor hits on many in this excellent book―devouring it makes for a good start."
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Orientation (Physiology)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Space perception
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Neurophysiology
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human evolution
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human physiology
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  Dewey Decimal Classification     100 BITS Pilani Hyderabad BITS Pilani Hyderabad General Stack (For lending) 17/10/2019 29.99 1 152.142 OCO-M 39441 13/07/2024 11/02/2020 17/10/2019 Books
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