Egocentric and allocentric spatial memory in healthy aging: performance on real-world tasks

Although normal aging has been related to several cognitive difficulties, other processes have been studied less, such as spatial memory. Our aim was to compare egocentric and allocentric memory in an elderly population using ecological tasks. Twenty-eight cognitively unimpaired participants perform...

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Main Authors: C. Fernandez-Baizan, E. Diaz-Caceres, J.L. Arias, M. Mendez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2019-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2019000400611&lng=en&tlng=en