How age-related strategy switching deficits affect wayfinding in complex environments

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1095-1102

  Harris, Mathew A ^a   Wolbers, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Navigation; Route learning; Shortcutting; Strategy switching; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AGING; NAVIGATION; ROUTE LEARNING; SHORTCUTTING; STRATEGY SWITCHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893794317     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.10.086     Document Type: Article

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