Five-Year-Olds Can Navigate Maps Using Adultlike Brain Systems

Posted: 2025-05-12 19:27:31 UTC

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A neuroscience study reveals that children as young as five years old possess the brain systems needed for map-based navigation, contradicting earlier assumptions that such skills don’t emerge until around age 12.

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Earlier assumptions that complex spatial reasoning doesn’t emerge until around age 12.

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