Virtual navigation strategies from childhood to senescence: Evidence for changes across the life span

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Bohbot, Veronique D ^a   McKenzie, Sam ^a   Konishi, Kyoko ^a   Fouquet, Celine ^a   Kurdi, Vanessa ^a   Schachar, Russel ^b   Boivin, Michel ^c   Robaey, Philippe ^d  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Caudate nucleus; Children; Hippocampus; Navigational strategy; Spatial memory; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPETITION PRIMING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING;

EID: 84870540595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00028     Document Type: Article

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