Age and dementia related differences in spatial navigation within an immersive virtual environment

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Zakzanis, Konstantine K ^a   Quintin, Genevieve ^a   Graham, Simon J ^b,c,d,e   Mraz, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Ecological validity; Spatial navigation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 65949120720     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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