Making Space: How the Brain Knows Where Things Are

Whether it is finding our keys or navigating a city, taking a short cut or driving to a new place, our brain is constantly at work in creating our sense of location. But the brain’s spatial work doesn’t stop there. Thinking about space, Groh argues, also affects the way we think and remember. Groh is a professor of psychology, neuroscience, and neurobiology at Duke University.