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Yes, GPS apps make you worse at navigating – but that's OK

  • Written by Jennifer M. Bernstein, Lecturer of Spatial Sciences, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Yes, GPS apps make you worse at navigating – but that's OKWait -- where am I?Aleksey Korchemkin/shutterstock.com

Many of us have had the experience of arriving in an unfamiliar city and needing to get to a specific destination – whether it’s checking in at a hotel, meeting a friend at a local brewery, or navigating to a meeting on time.

With a few clicks of the smartphone, the destination is...

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