SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE
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August 17, 2023
Woo
The science behind why you’re always getting lost
June 14, 2023
EchoLive
Constantly getting lost in new places? You could have bewildering DTD...
November 23, 2021
DailyMail
July 27, 2020
Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone
Episode 107: Where in the world is Paula Poundstone?
June 29, 2020
Every Little Thing - Gimlet Media
Is a sense of direction a thing?
February 5, 2020
Scientific American
Living with no sense of direction
June 29, 2018
The Wall Street Journal (Newspaper)
Strange stories of extraordinary brains - and what we can learn from them
February 10, 2018
The Guardian (Magazine)
"All of a sudden my world would flip": the woman who is permantely lost
March 28, 2017
BBC Two (TV, UK)
Incredible Medicine: Dr. Weston's Casebook
January 22, 2017
The Washington Post (Newspaper)
I can't follow a map or directions
October 19, 2016
The Globe and Mail (Newspaper)
Canadian Space Agency to conduct health experiment
January 28, 2016
Nautilus (Magazine)
The Woman Who Got Lost at Home
May 18, 2015
The Atlantic (Magazine)
When the Brain Can't Make Its Own Maps
February 23, 2015
CBC Radio - IDEAS Show (National Radio, Canada)
You Are Here
January 23, 2015
Swerve Magazine
Land of the Lost
November 19, 2014
New York Magazine
What It's Like to Feel Lost in Your Own Home
May 21, 2014
New Scientist (Magazine)
The Woman Who Gets Lost In Her Own Home
December 5, 2013
CBC - The Nature of Things (National TV, Canada)
Where Am I?
May 13, 2013
NBC - Today Show (National News, USA)
Rare Disorder Leaves Woman Lost in Familiar Places
April 29, 2013
The New York Times (USA)
Lost Every Day
May 16, 2012
CBC Radio - IDEAS Show (National Radio, Canada)
A Question of Optimism
May 3, 2012
CBC Radio - The Homestretch Show (National Radio, Canada)
Developmental Topographical Disorientation
November 20, 2011
Glimpse - Issue 8 Cartography (Journal, USA & UK)
Losing And Finding Our Way
January 25, 2011
WNYC - RadioLab (National Public Radio, USA)
Lost & Found
November 20, 2010
CBC Radio - DNTO Show (National Radio, Canada)
What Do You Find When You Get Lost?
October 21, 2010
BBC Focus Magazine (Magazine, UK)
Get lost. How simple decisions and basic biology can affect your sense of direction
February 12, 2010
ABC40 News (Television, USA) Rare Disorder Has People Getting Lost
November 4, 2009
ABC7 News (Television, USA) Disorder Causes People To Be Hopelessly Lost
October 7, 2009
The Walrus (Magazine, Canada) Global Impositioning Systems
August 25, 2009
CJSW (U of C Radio, Canada) Topographical Disorientation
August 18, 2009
New Scientist (Magazine, UK) Why humans can't navigate out of a paper bag
August 14, 2009
The Globe and Mail (Newspaper, Canada) Calgary researcher helps people who constantly get lost
Calgary Herald (Newspaper, Canada) U of C researching treatment for lost people who can't find way
CTV (Television, Canada) Get lost all the time? Researcher may help guide you
August 13, 2009
CBC Radio (National Radio, Canada) Internet test helps find those with lost disorder
February 01, 2009
Canadian Geographic (Magazine, Canada) Lost Cause
January 10, 2009
The Scientist (Magazine, USA) Lost in Space
November 03, 2008
CTV (Television, Canada) A Brain Disorder That Cause People To Get Lost
Il Sole 24 Ore (Newspaper, Italy) La Casa Come Un'Isola: E' La "Sindrome Del Sentirsi Perso"
October 23, 2008
CBC Radio (National Radio, Canada) Topographical Disorientation: Get Lost?
October 20, 2008
USAToday (Newspaper, USA) On Road To Recognition
October 16, 2008
Maclean's (Magazine, Canada) They Get Lost. In Their Own House
October 09, 2008
MSNBC (Online News, USA) When You Can't Find Your Way Home
October 03, 2008
The Denver Post (Newspaper, USA) Diagnosis Untangles Woman's Whirl
September 27, 2008
Times (Online News, UK) Lost Cause
September 25, 2008
The Epoch Times (Online News, UK) Getting Lost: A Newly Discovered Developmental Brain Disorder
September 23, 2008
Fox News (Online News, USA) Rare Disorder Leaves Woman Lost In Her Own House
The Vancouver Sun (Newspaper, Canada) Lost Souls Get Some New Answers