Convergent validity and sex differences in healthy elderly adults for performance on 3D virtual reality navigation learning and 2D hidden maze tasks

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-174

  Tippett, William J ^a,b,c   Lee, Jang Han ^d   Mraz, Richard ^a   Zakzanis, Konstantine K ^e   Snyder, Peter J ^f,g   Black, Sandra E ^a,b,h,i   Graham, Simon J ^a,b,h,i  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROTON MAZE LEARNING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 64749111804     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0218     Document Type: Article

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