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I read an article years ago about a guy who put magnetic sensors and vibrator motors in his belt so that every time he turned, the north side of him would buzz. Apparently after a while, he stopped noticing, and just βknewβ which way was north.
Found this while looking for that article.
Somewhat related to that, certain Australian aboriginal languages don't have words for relative directions like left/right and use cardinal directions (north/south/east/west) so they tend to keep track of their orientation subconsciously.
So if you were to help one of them, for example, move a couch, they might tell you to move your end a bit to the west and avoid any "my left or your left?/No your other left" shenanigans.
Probably also a very helpful thing to be aware of if you find yourself trying to navigate the outback.