Not all is lost in older adults' route learning: The role of visuo-spatial abilities and type of task

被引：24

作者：

Muffato, Veronica ^{[1
]}

Meneghetti, Chiara ^{[1
]}

De Beni, Rossana ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Padua, Dept Gen Psychol, Via Venezia 8, I-35131 Padua, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2016年 / 47卷

关键词：

Route learning; Navigation; Visuo-spatial ability; Aging; Older adults; SPATIAL ABILITIES; WORKING-MEMORY; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; MENTAL ROTATION; AGE-DIFFERENCES; COGNITIVE MAPS; NAVIGATION; YOUNG; ORIENTATION; ACQUISITION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.07.003

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

This study explores the role of age and individual visuo-spatial skills in different types of task after route learning. Thirty-eight young adults (24-35 years old) and 37 older adults (64-75 years old) completed visuo-spatial working memory (VSWM) and rotation tasks. Then, after learning a route in a botanical garden, they performed environmental knowledge tasks. Older adults performed less well in route repetition, pointing, and map drawing tasks, but not for some demands within these tasks. In a shortcut task, older adults did just as well as young adults in choosing a shorter route to a landmark. After controlling for age, VSWM and rotation abilities predicted performance in the pointing task, only rotation abilities in the route repetition and map drawing tasks. Route learning accuracy in aging depends partly on the type of recall task used to test it, with a variable degree of involvement of individual VSWM and rotation abilities. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：230 / 241

页数：12

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