Understanding differences in wayfinding strategies

M Hegarty, C He, AP Boone, S Yu… - Topics in Cognitive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Navigating to goal locations in a known environment (wayfinding) can be accomplished by
different strategies, notably by taking habitual, well‐learned routes (response strategy) or by …

[HTML][HTML] Egocentric and allocentric spatial memory in mild cognitive impairment with real-world and virtual navigation tasks: A systematic review

C Tuena, V Mancuso… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Background: Spatial navigation is the ability to estimate one's position on the basis of
environmental and self-motion cues. Spatial memory is the cognitive substrate underlying …

[HTML][HTML] Neurorehabilitation of spatial memory using virtual environments: a systematic review

JI Montana, C Tuena, S Serino, P Cipresso… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, virtual reality (VR) technologies have become widely used in clinical settings
because they offer impressive opportunities for neurorehabilitation of different cognitive …

Dissociating effects of aging and genetic risk of sporadic Alzheimer's disease on path integration

L Colmant, A Bierbrauer, Y Bellaali, L Kunz… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Path integration is a spatial navigation ability that requires the integration of information
derived from self-motion cues and stable landmarks, when available, to return to a previous …

[HTML][HTML] Ageing-and dementia-friendly design: theory and evidence from cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and environmental psychology can contribute to …

JM Wiener, F Pazzaglia - Cognitive processing, 2021 - Springer
Many older people, both with and without dementia, eventually move from their familiar
home environments into unfamiliar surroundings, such as sheltered housing or care homes …

[HTML][HTML] Infection augments expression of mechanosensing Piezo1 channels in amyloid plaque-reactive astrocytes

M Velasco-Estevez, M Mampay, H Boutin… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A defining pathophysiological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the amyloid plaque;
an extracellular deposit of aggregated fibrillar Aβ1-42 peptides. Amyloid plaques are hard …

Mesoscopic neural representations in spatial navigation

L Kunz, S Maidenbaum, D Chen, L Wang… - Trends in cognitive …, 2019 - cell.com
Recent evidence suggests that mesoscopic neural oscillations measured via intracranial
electroencephalography exhibit spatial representations, which were previously only …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale assessment of human navigation ability across the lifespan

IJM van der Ham, MHG Claessen, AWM Evers… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Navigation ability is particularly sensitive to aging. Evidence of aging patterns is largely
restricted to comparing young adults and elderly and limited in the variety of navigation tasks …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual environments as memory training devices in navigational tasks for older adults

IE Lokka, A Çöltekin, J Wiener, SI Fabrikant, C Röcke - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Cognitive training approaches using virtual environments (VEs) might counter age-related
visuospatial memory decline and associated difficulties in wayfinding. However, the effects …

[HTML][HTML] Embodiment in the aging mind

E Kuehn, MB Perez-Lopez, N Diersch, J Döhler… - Neuroscience & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bodily awareness is a central component of human sensation, action, and cognition. The
human body is subject to profound changes over the adult lifespan. We live in an aging …