> I think it's just cultural exposure rather than any sort of brain difference when it comes to map reading. I'm not convinced of this. My oldest could read a

> I think it's just cultural exposure rather than any sort of brain difference when it comes to map reading. I'm not convinced of this. My oldest could read a map before kindergarten. He could navigate IKEA or the zoo. My middle child is hopeless even as she heads to college. We joke about sending the (much) younger brother with her so she doesn't get lost. It's only half a joke. I've also had my time in the military (pre-GPS) watching a wide range of people fail spectacularly at land navigation. While the very poorly educated often did poorly and had little ability to abstract, the same bad navigation skills were on display with academy graduates who presumably already had more training before I ever saw them in the field. There is definitely something innate to reading and navigating by map in my experience.