Virtual Reality and Serious Videogame-Based Instruments for Assessing Spatial Navigation in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of Psychometric Properties

JP Sánchez-Escudero, AM Galvis-Herrera… - Neuropsychology …, 2024 - Springer
Over the past decade, research using virtual reality and serious game-based instruments for
assessing spatial navigation and spatial memory in at-risk and AD populations has risen …

Early detection of diseases causing dementia using digital navigation and gait measures: A systematic review of evidence

G Čepukaitytė, C Newton, D Chan - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable digital technologies capable of measuring everyday behaviors could improve the
early detection of dementia‐causing diseases. We conducted two systematic reviews …

Western diet-induced cognitive and metabolic dysfunctions in aged mice are prevented by rosmarinic acid in a sex-dependent fashion

L Giona, C Musillo, G De Cristofaro, M Ristow, K Zarse… - Clinical Nutrition, 2024 - Elsevier
Background & aims Unhealthy lifestyles, such as chronic consumption of a Western Diet
(WD), have been associated with increased systemic inflammation and oxidative stress …

[HTML][HTML] Demands on perceptual and mnemonic fidelity are a key determinant of age-related cognitive decline throughout the lifespan.

HM Gellersen, J McMaster, A Abdurahman… - Journal of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Aging results in less detailed memories, reflecting reduced fidelity of remembered compared
to real-world representations. We tested whether poorer representational fidelity across …

[HTML][HTML] Medial temporal lobe structure, mnemonic and perceptual discrimination in healthy older adults and those at risk for mild cognitive impairment

HM Gellersen, AN Trelle, BG Farrar, G Coughlan… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cognitive tests sensitive to the integrity of the medial temporal lobe (MTL), such as
mnemonic discrimination of perceptually similar stimuli, may be useful early markers of risk …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced memory precision in older age is associated with functional and structural differences in the angular gyrus

SM Korkki, FR Richter, HM Gellersen, JS Simons - Neurobiology of Aging, 2023 - Elsevier
Decreased fidelity of mnemonic representations plays a critical role in age-related episodic
memory deficits, yet the brain mechanisms underlying such reductions remain unclear …

[HTML][HTML] The spatial layout of doorways and environmental boundaries shape the content of event memories

MG Buckley, LAM Myles, A Easton, A McGregor - Cognition, 2022 - Elsevier
Physical boundaries in our environment have been observed to define separate events in
episodic memory. To date, however, there is little evidence that the spatial properties of …

Translating spatial navigation evaluation from experimental to clinical settings: The virtual environments navigation assessment (VIENNA)

S Rekers, C Finke - Behavior Research Methods, 2024 - Springer
Spatial navigation abilities are frequently impaired in neurological disorders and they also
decline with normal aging. Researchers and clinicians therefore need valid and easy-to-use …

The APOE4 effect: structural brain differences in Alzheimer's disease according to the age at symptom onset

G Forno, J Contador, A Pérez‐Millan… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose How the APOE genotype can differentially affect cortical and
subcortical memory structures in biomarker‐confirmed early‐onset (EOAD) and late‐onset …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging associations with spatial navigation impairment in Alzheimer's disease continuum: A narrative review

Q Chen, F Chen, C Long, J Lu, J Chen, J Chen… - Advanced …, 2022 - accscience.com
Identifying individuals with incipient Alzheimer's disease (AD) are critical for early and
targeted intervention before the dementia develops as AD progresses. Recently, emerging …