Ucwaningo manje olushicilelwe abeNature Communications luveza imiphumela yokusebenzisa ngokweqile uhlelo lokuzulazula (GPS) ngenkathi ushayela.
Kulezi zinsuku ayikho imoto engafiki ifakwe i-GPS navigation system, uhlelo oselutholakala nakunoma iyiphi i-smartphone. Ngakho-ke, kungokwemvelo ukuthi abashayeli basebenzisa leli thuluzi kakhulu nangaphezulu. Kodwa i-GPS ayilethi nje izinzuzo.Ukuze sizame ukuthola ukuthi iyini imiphumela yokusebenzisa i-GPS ebuchosheni bethu, abacwaningi base-University College London banquma ukwenza ucwaningo. Iqembu lamavolontiya lahlanganisa (cishe) imizila eyishumi emigwaqweni yaseSoho, eLondon, lapho amahlanu kuwo ayenosizo lweGPS. Ngesikhathi sokuzivocavoca, umsebenzi wobuchopho ulinganiswa kusetshenziswa umshini we-MRI.
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Imiphumela yayimihle kakhulu. Lapho ivolontiya lingena emgwaqeni ongajwayelekile futhi liphoqeleka ukuthi linqume ukuthi liya kuphi, uhlelo lwaqopha ama-spikes emsebenzini wobuchopho ku-hippocampus, isifunda sobuchopho esihlobene nomuzwa wokuma, kanye ne-prefrontal cortex, ehambisana nokuhlela.
Ezimeni lapho amavolontiya esanda kulandelela imiyalelo, isistimu ayizange ibone noma yimuphi umsebenzi wobuchopho kulezi zifunda zobuchopho. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, lapho icushiwe, i-hippocampus yakwazi ukubamba ngekhanda intuthuko phakathi nohambo.
“Uma sicabanga ngobuchopho njengesisipha, khona-ke eminye imisebenzi, njengokufunda ibalazwe lomgwaqo waseLondon, ifana nokuqeqeshwa kwesisindo. Esingakusho ngomphumela walolu cwaningo wukuthi asisebenzi kulezo zingxenye zobuchopho bethu uma sithembele kuphela ohlelweni lokuzulazula.”
Hugo Spiers, umxhumanisi wocwaningo
Ngakho usuyazi. Ngokuzayo lapho ulingeka ukuba ulandele iziqondiso ze-GPS kuhlamvu ngokungadingekile, kungcono ucabange kabili. Futhi ngoba i-GPS ayilungile ngaso sonke isikhathi...