/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10717/all en /newsroom/channels/news/nordic-nations-north-americans-and-antipodeans-rank-top-navigation-skills-288652 <p>People in Nordic countries, North America, Australia, and New Zealand have the best spatial navigational abilities, according to a new study led by UCL and the University of East Anglia.</p> <p>Researchers assessed data from over half a million people in 57 countries who played a specially-designed mobile game, which has been developed to aid understanding into spatial navigation, a key indicator in Alzheimer’s disease.</p> <p>With so many people taking part the team were able to reveal that spatial navigation ability across all countries declines steadily across adulthood.</p> Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:51:21 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 70298 at /newsroom