Wayfinding : the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world
(Playaway)
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2019].
ISBN
9781978670198, 1978670192
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (11.5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Newport - Audiobooks | AudioDig 152.142 OCo | On Shelf |
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2019].
Format
Playaway
Language
English
ISBN
9781978670198, 1978670192
Notes
General Note
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
General Note
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Participants/Performers
Performed by Teri Schnaubelt.
Description
"At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. 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. 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. Wayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species' profound capacity for exploration, memory and storytelling results in topophilia, the love of place"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
O'Connor, M. R., & Schnaubelt, T. (2019). Wayfinding: the science and mystery of how humans navigate the world . Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Connor, M. R., 1982- and Teri, Schnaubelt. 2019. Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World. Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Connor, M. R., 1982- and Teri, Schnaubelt. Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World Findaway World, LLC, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)O'Connor, M. R., and Teri Schnaubelt. Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World Findaway World, LLC, 2019.
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