What do we know about aging and spatial cognition? Reviews and perspectives

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-135

  Klencklen, Giuliana ^a   Després, Olivier ^a   Dufour, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Mental imagery; Navigation; Spatial memory; Spatial perception

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83855162722     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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