BBC CrowdScience
episode
Can I improve my sense of direction?
released on 12 Feb 2021
39 minutes
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszv71
Thanks Brian! The podcast uses David Eccles from Florida State as a guest expert and he said in the podcast he had done quite alot of research on orienteering so I checked out his webpage. I didn't buy the full paper but I like this conclusion from the abstract of his 2015 synthesis paper:
"Thus, superior performance in sport may not be the possession of only a privileged few; it may be available to all aspiring athletes."
There is hope for me yet ...