Title:
Noise disturbs the brain's compass
By:
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Published:
Medical Xpress, 11 June 2020
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-noise-disturbs-brain-compass.html
From the article:
Our sense of direction tends to decline with age. In the scientific journal Nature Communications, researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and experts from the U.S. report on new insights into the causes of this phenomenon. According to their findings, the main source of errors in determining spatial position, and apparently, the cause of age-related orientation problems is a "noisy" and therefore imprecise perception of the speed at which one is moving. These study results could contribute to the development of diagnostic tools for early detection of dementia.