Executive and memory correlates of age-related differences in wayfinding performances using a virtual reality application

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-319

  Taillade, Mathieu ^a   Sauzéon, Hélène ^a   Dejos, Marie ^a   Arvind Pala, Prashant ^a   Larrue, Florian ^a   Wallet, Grégory ^a   Gross, Christian ^a   N'Kaoua, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Executive functioning; Memory; Spatial memory; Virtual reality; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876104607     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2012.706247     Document Type: Article

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