Is sense of direction hard wired, or is it learned?

Are we born with an innate sense of direction, or is it learned? Research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience suggests that the brain comes hard-wired with working navigational neurons. While these neurons - head direction cells, place cells and grid cells - mature over time, they appear to function in rodents as soon as they make their first exploratory steps outside the nest.

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