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    Find Out About Your Orientation Skills - Take Our Online Tests 

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    Interested in taking our online tests? They are now available for public use!
    Before you begin, please take the time to do the following:

    1) Update your browser
    - Don't know how? Follow the links for instructions:
    -- How to update Internet Explorer
    -- How to update Firefox
    -- How to update Safari (Mac or PC)
    -- How to update Opera
    -- How to update Chrome... you don't (it updates itself)

    2) Ensure your flash player is present ...
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    Who We Are and Our Research 

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    Our cognitive neuroscience research laboratory (NeuroLab) directed by Dr. Giuseppe Iaria is located in the Department of Psychology of the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We perform studies in real and virtual environments to understand the cognitive and neural mechanisms of human spatial orientation. There are four main research themes that extend from our interest in topographical orientation.

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    Thomas O'Neill 

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    Published on August 29th, 2012 03:01 PM
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    Thomas O'Neill is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary researching Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology, as the Principal Investigator at the Individual and Team Performance Lab. He is primarily interested in conflict management on team performance and innovation, but also investigates personality as it related to work performance, as well as what ...
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    CBC.ca - Interview with Dr. Giuseppe Iaria on DTD and our crowd funding project 

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    Published on May 27th, 2012 01:49 PM
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    Giuseppe was interviewed recently on The Homestretch program on CBC. You can listen to the interview here. And find out more about our crowdfunding project here.


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    Our Crowd funded Project: Helping Children Stay Oriented 

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    Published on May 1st, 2012 11:13 AM

    UPDATE: March 3rd 2013 - This project has been completed!

    Thanks for your interest in our crowdfunding campaign.

    In short, our project is about helping children who get lost frequently.

    In 2009, we described the first case of a condition where people get lost in highly familiar environments – their homes, neighborhoods, workplaces – despite having no brain injuries or other difficulties in day-to-day living. We called this condition
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    Interested in donating to our projects? Instructions on how to do so as well as descriptions of our projects are located on this page.

    Edward Chace Tolman 

    Published on July 31st, 2011 01:15 PM

    Edward Chace Tolman (1886-1959) was the American Psychologist who first introduced in 1948 the concept of Cognitive Map. You can read here his original article entitled "Cognitive maps in rats and men". ...
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    WGGB - Rare Disorder Has People Getting Lost 

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    Published on February 12th, 2010 11:24 AM
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    A rare disorder known as developmental topographical disorder has people getting lost even when they're in their own homes.

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    ABC7 NEWS - Disorder Causes People To Be Hopelessly Lost (video) 

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    Published on November 3rd, 2009 10:54 AM
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    Imagine for a moment what it would feel like to become lost in a familiar place, even your own home. That's a reality for people who suffer from a recently identified disorder called Developmental Topographical Disorientation. "It's just so frustrating and scary to feel lost like that all the time," said Sharon Roseman a DTD patient.

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    New Scientist - Why humans can't navigate out of a paper bag (subscription required) 

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    Published on August 18th, 2009 10:45 AM
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    The journey seemed simple enough, on the map anyway. Allison Fine left her home to drive to Vermont, just a few hours north on a major highway. She had studied the route and had a GPS gadget to help her. Nevertheless, she soon had absolutely no idea where she was.

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    CTV - Get lost all the time? Researcher may help guide you (video) 

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    Published on August 14th, 2009 10:34 AM
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    If a man asked for directions to take Sharon Roseman home after the first date, she knew the relationship was over. She'd have to admit she hadn't the faintest idea where she lived in relation to where they were, and couldn't give any hints at all on how to get there. "That was pretty much the first and last date," she laughs. "That became just my life, it was just, OK, won't see him ...
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    CBC News - Internet Test Helps Find Those With Lost Disorder 

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    Published on August 13th, 2009 10:27 AM
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    An online test is helping Canadian researchers find people who have an uncommon disorder that leaves them hopelessly lost. University of Calgary neuroscientist Guiseppe Iaria wants to figure out what causes developmental topographical disorientation or DTD, a brain disorder that leaves people with almost no ability to figure out where they are, even in their own neighbourhood. ...
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    Canadian Geographic - Lost Cause 

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    Published on February 1st, 2009 10:24 AM
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    CTV - A Brain Disorder That Causes People to Get Lost (video) 

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    Published on November 3rd, 2008 09:55 AM
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    It's something many of us take for granted. Being able to find our way around our own home, or to and from work. But for some people, not getting lost, even in the most familiar environments, is next to impossible.

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    USA Today - On Road To Recognition 

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    Published on October 20th, 2008 02:46 PM
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    There's a name for major difficulty in a basic skill

    We all get lost sometimes. Some of us have the problem more often than others. Sharon Roseman, 61, of Littleton, Colo., has a different story: Each morning, she wakes up in a house where all the doors and hallways seem to have moved overnight.

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    Maclean's - They Get Lost. In Their Own House 

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    Published on October 16th, 2008 02:40 PM
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    Sharon Roseman couldn't even find her kids when they were crying. Now she knows why.

    They say women can't read maps and men won't ask for directions, but that's nothing compared to Sharon Roseman's propensity for getting lost. "I'm lost all the time," says the Colorado woman. So lost, her condition is being studied by a Vancouver research team that has published the world's first paper
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    MSNBC - When You Can't Find Your Way Home 

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    Published on October 9th, 2008 02:32 PM
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    We all get lost, but how many times have you been unable to locate the bathroom — in your own house?
    Researchers at the University of British Columbia recently reported the first case of a woman who, without any apparent brain damage or lesions or other mental impairments, is unable to find her way around any environment. The researchers believe there may be many others affected
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    The Epoch Times - Getting Lost: A Newly Discovered Developmental Brain Disorder 

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    Published on September 25th, 2008 02:25 PM
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    Getting lost often, even in familiar places? Your cognitive map may be out of whack.

    Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute recently completed a study on the first case of a patient who is unable to orient within any environment.

    LINK TO ARTICLE FROM THE EPOCH TIMES


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