The Effects of Attentional Engagement on Route Learning Performance in a Virtual Environment: An Aging Study

Route learning is a common navigation task affected by cognitive aging. Here we present a novel experimental paradigm to investigate whether age-related declines in executive control of attention contributes to route learning deficits. A young and an older participant group was repeatedly presented...

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Main Authors: Steffen Hartmeyer, Ramona Grzeschik, Thomas Wolbers, Jan M. Wiener
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00235/full