A few years ago I was in a position to do something unique in neuroscience. I had been working with the phenomenal @emilyjacobs on menopause and inspired by @laura_pritschet's menstrual study, and I was planning a pregnancy. What if we scanned my brain??.

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Perspective taking and video game use were also important. Men had more video game use and did better than women. But a mediation analysis found that even exploration was more important than video games alone in explaining the sex difference, and some sex diff were not explained.

Exploring evenly (visiting objects the same number of times) and finding objects quickly was related to performance. But experiencing an even exploration path (passively) doesn't help. Even exploration seems to be a reflection of ability.

🚨 New paper from the lab in @CognitionJourn! Lead by Erica Ward and with Jean Carlson, we looked at whether how people explore a new environment is related to later navigation performance. It is! 🧵.

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