Age and gender differences in various topographical orientation strategies

Brain Research

Volumn 1410, Issue , 2011, Pages 112-119

  Liu, Irene ^a   Levy, Richard M ^b   Barton, Jason J S ^c   Iaria, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Navigation; Spatial memory; Topographical orientation; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052030543     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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