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02741aam a22003498i 4500 001 11CA0D72A49B11EA9676382F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200602013355 008 191216s2020 mau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019050667 020 $a 0674244575 020 $a 9780674244573 (hardcover) 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a G71.5 $b .B66 2020 082 00 $a 304.2/3 $2 23 100 1 $a Bond, Michael Shaw, $e author. 245 10 $a From here to there : $b the art and science of finding and losing our way / $c Michael Bond. 260 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, $c 2020. 263 $a 2005 300 $a 288 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The first wayfinders -- Right to roam -- Maps in the mind -- Thinking space -- From A to B and back again -- You go your way, I'll go mine -- Natural navigators -- The psychology of lost -- City sense -- Am I here? -- Epilogue: The end of the road. 520 $a "How is it that we can walk unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction? Come up with shortcuts on the fly, in places we've never traveled? The answer is the complex mental map in our brains. This feature of our cognition is easily taken for granted, but it's also critical to our species's evolutionary success. In From Here to There Michael Bond tells stories of the lost and found-Polynesian sailors, orienteering champions, early aviators-and surveys the science of human navigation. Navigation skills are deeply embedded in our biology. The ability to find our way over large distances in prehistoric times gave Homo sapiens an advantage, allowing us to explore the farthest regions of the planet. Wayfinding also shaped vital cognitive functions outside the realm of navigation, including abstract thinking, imagination, and memory. Bond brings a reporter's curiosity and nose for narrative to the latest research from psychologists, neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, and anthropologists. He also turns to the people who design and expertly maneuver the world we navigate: search-and-rescue volunteers, cartographers, ordnance mappers, urban planners, and more. The result is a global expedition that furthers our understanding of human orienting in the natural and built environments"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Geographical perception. 650 0 $a Orientation (Psychology) 650 0 $a Space perception. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015600.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201217010258.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200602014328.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=11CA0D72A49B11EA9676382F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search