Visually navigating on foot uses a unique brain region
Using vision to efficiently move through an area by foot uses a unique region of the brain's cortex, according to a small study organized by the National Eye Institute (NEI). The region, called the occipital place area (OPA), fails to activate during other modes of moving, such as crawling. The finding may help explain developmental milestones as children learn to interact with and navigate their near environments. Read more at https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-0...
In this video: Watching videos from the perspective of walking elicited activity in the occipital place area, while watching videos from the perspective of crawling, flying, or scrambled did not.
Credit: Video clips courtesy of Dilks, Jones, and Byland.
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