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Louisa Nicola is a neurophysiologist and human performance coach.
Never heard of it?
And there have been organized orienteering events in the U.S. since the early 70s.
(Kinda likeTheAmazing Race.)
This is likely not coincidental.
Orienteering, on the other hand, does.
Louisa Nicola is a neurophysiologist and human performance coach.
Its skills, specifically spatial navigation, are highly transferrable to our day to day.
Spatial navigation refers to the ability to move around and orient oneself in a physical space, Nicola says.
This is actually, in effect, good for the brain.
This structure is called the hippocampus, also known as the map reader of the brain, she says.
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