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Paulina Maxim, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology

How does your brain decide between the road not taken or the same old route? Resolving conflicting memories is key to navigation

Which route should you take? The familiar or the unknown? francescoch/iStock via Getty Images Plus

When was the last time you paid attention to your commute? And I don’t mean a couple of feet in front of you, at the car merging into your lane without a blinker. I mean really paid attention to the route you take.

Did you see the landmarks in the distance that make up the city skyline? Did you drive right past the grocery store you promised to stop by at the corner of this Peachtree Street or that Peachtree Street, a struggle Atlanta locals know well?

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