Gettinglost.ca

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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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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A rare disorder known as developmental topographical disorder has people getting lost even when they're in their own homes.

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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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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. ...

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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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 ...

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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