Spatial Orientation

Spatial orientation, also known as sense of direction, allows you to effectively move around an environment. Examples of when spatial orientation is very useful include exploring a new city, following directions to a friend’s house, or navigating towards the bathroom in the dead of night.

Used for:

  • Sense of direction
  • Visualization
  • Reading maps

Although it may seem that one is either born with a sense of direction or not, research shows that it is possible to improve at orienting oneself with practice.

Spatial orientation games

References:

Feng, J., Spence, I., & Pratt, J. (2007). Playing an action video game reduces gender differences in spatial cognition. Psychological Science: A Journal of the American Psychological Society / APS, 18(10), 850-5. doi: PSCI1990.

Search Lumosity