How our brains navigate in the city

Turns out we might keep our own little mental map inside our heads. That's no surprise. But researchers did not expect to find that our mental maps are oriented north like a printed or digital map. At least, that's true for the people who were studied in the Black Forest university town of Tübingen, Germany. In L.A. we have the Wilshire Boulevard skyline and the mountains to the north to orient on (or, if you're in the Valley, the mountains on all sides.) More from The Atlantic Cities.

Photo of skyline looking south from the Hollywood Hills: LA Observed