From allo- to egocentric spatial ability in early Alzheimer's disease: A study with virtual reality spatial tasks

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 171-180

  Morganti, Francesca ^a   Stefanini, Stefano ^b   Riva, Giuseppe ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Briolini   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; Cognitive decline; Egocentric Allocentric spatial knowledge; Neuropsychological assessment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; VERY ELDERLY; VIRTUAL REALITY MAZE SPATIAL TASK; VIRTUAL REALITY ROAD MAP TASK;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAPS AS TOPIC; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84888105156     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2013.854762     Document Type: Article

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