Mortal ravings-22.6.18-Road idiots and sense of direction

Holy matters:

This weekend, after a busy week, I was finally able to catch my breath and return to the blood, but my body seems to have entered the state of the elderly in advance. Since a few years ago, I have rarely slept in late. After getting up early for breakfast, I drove my lover to the clinic to see a doctor. Because it was the second time to accompany the company, I roughly looked at the coordinates of the destination on the mobile phone map and set off.

On the road, because the roadbed is built along the road fence, the place where you could turn left can only go straight. So I walked three or four more traffic lights to find a place to turn around, and then I chose a small winding street and drove to my destination. Along the way, the lover also reminded: is it not taking the right route, should it be a corner, etc. While I responded to her that she believed that I knew the road because I couldn't transfer the road to the left, I secretly snickered in my heart: Oh, why does Lu Chi like to blindly point the way.

The lover is a bit lunatic, and the sense of direction is not very good. So I thought of the derogatory and joking label of Lu Chi. In my impression, it seems that quite a few girls are Lu Chi and like to give directions, and I don’t know where their confidence comes from. I'm a bit arbitrary. In fact, I checked the Internet later, and Lu Chi can't simply and rudely put a gender label. Although some Lu Chi friends I met before are mostly women, I can't judge that women are more Lu Chi, like It is unfair for everyone to label female drivers as road killers. In terms of scientific statistics, it seems that there is no data to show that gender distinction is the main reason for poor sense of direction and poor driving skills. If you think so, there will be a bit of survivorship bias, and it is not very rigorous. Therefore, poor sense of direction and poor driving skills are all individual differences and have nothing to do with gender.

I recalled that, under my previous wrong concept, in order to explain why girls are so crazy, I forcibly made up a reason to support my point of view. That is because most boys run around from a young age and have a large radius of activity, so in the process they subtly develop the habit of memorizing the way. However, most girls are quiet or from the perspective of parents' safety considerations and the concept of social order and good customs. More At times, girls will be kept at home or within the sight of adults. In short, the radius of activity is small, which will cause girls not to undergo potential training or insufficient training to recognize the way, and eventually lead to road madness when they become adults.

Think unscientifically, maybe this acquired reason will have some impact on the sense of direction, there is a certain degree of correlation, but there is no causality, so it is not enough to prove it. I further checked on the Internet, and the poor sense of direction may really be due to the lack of some functions. It does not mean that boys can improve or change by going out for a run and recognizing the road more the day after tomorrow.

 According to the results of neurological research, there are 5 kinds of cells in the brain related to positioning and navigation: place cell, grid cell, head direction cell, and boundary cell. , Speed Cell. If some or all of these five cells are not developed, it will cause road ignorance and poor sense of direction. In addition, according to research, in recent years, many scientists have proposed "network theory" (neural network theory), which means that the connections between brain regions are equally important for realizing the functions of each region itself. Such neural network theory may be more accurate in describing how the brain works than the concept of locational functionality.
Therefore, after we figure out the specific roles of various cells and brain regions, when they work together to achieve a relatively complex function, the ability of different regions to work together is also different. Recognizing the way is a complex function that integrates positioning, memory, and judgment. Therefore, even if all parts of the brain can work normally, everyone in the teamwork will get lost. The most severe form of disorientation is called Developmental Topographical Disorientation (DTD). Describes those who are born with extremely limited ability to navigate and are unable to form a so-called "cognitive map". The first case was confirmed in 2009, and thousands of cases have now been confirmed. What are the symptoms? - Seriously enough to get lost at home.

Interested friends can go to the Internet to search for relevant research, and I will not repeat them here.

It seems that no matter how inconspicuous a field may be, it may contain complex and profound theories and knowledge. Therefore, in daily life, we still have to hold a heart of awe and tolerance, and we cannot arbitrarily subjugate any phenomenon or thing. Conclusion and labeling, otherwise when we laugh at others, we may be laughed at because of ignorance in the eyes of others.

Matt City lives forever!