Sources of path integration error in young and aging humans

Path integration abilities, important for spatial navigation, vary widely across individuals and deteriorate in old age. This work shows that path integration errors in general, as well as age-related path integration deficits, are mainly caused by accumulating noise in people’s velocity estimation....

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Main Authors: Matthias Stangl, Ingmar Kanitscheider, Martin Riemer, Ila Fiete, Thomas Wolbers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15805-9