Being Where? Putting Memory, Technology, and Wayfinding Together Again
Review of Philosophy and Psychology March 28, 2026 Mcarthur Mingon, Alexander James Gillett, John Sutton
Abstract Although wayfinding is a central domain for 4E research, much work on spatial cognition and navigation still operates within an internalist framework. This is particularly damaging in evaluating the cognitive impact of technologies like Global Positioning Systems (GPS), where negative assessments about ‘de-skilling’ and the digital disruption of biocognitive spatial memory capacities...