ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2018
Topographical disorientation in aging. Familiarity with the environment does matter.
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- "Where am I?" A snapshot of the developmental topographical disorientation among young Italian adults.PloS one · 2022Article
- Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia as a Means of Communication: Considerations for Reducing Stigma and Promoting Person-Centered Care.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Flexible Use of Spatial Frames of Reference for Object-Location Memory in Older Adults.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Vision through Healthy Aging Eyes.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Do Advanced Spatial Strategies Depend on the Number of Flight Hours? The Case of Military Pilots.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- The Role of Gender and Familiarity in a Modified Version of the Almeria Boxes Room Spatial Task.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- The Road More Travelled: The Differential Effects of Spatial Experience in Young and Elderly Participants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Studying Individual Differences in Spatial Cognition Through Differential Item Functioning Analysis.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- The differential effect of normal and pathological aging on egocentric and allocentric spatial memory in navigational and reaching space.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020Article
- The Relationship between Emotionally Laden Landmarks, Spatial Abilities, and Personality Traits: An Exploratory Study.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- How does environmental knowledge allow us to come back home?Experimental brain research · 2019Article
- Continuous Environmental Changes May Enhance Topographic Memory Skills. Evidence From L'Aquila Earthquake-Exposed Survivors.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
Topographical disorientation (TD) refers to navigational impairment as an effect of aging or brain damage. Decreases in navigational performance with aging are more due to deficits in the ability to mentally represent space in an object-centered (allocentric) than in a self-centered (egocentric) format. Familiarity/remoteness of spatial memory traces can represent a protective factor for TD in aging. Conversely, using newly learned information for assessment may lead to overestimating TD severity as it combines two contributing factors: heading (allocentric) disorientation and anterograde agnosia. A supplementary evaluation of TD with aging according to ecological spatial tasks is recommended. The core tasks should focus on landmark positioning, both on a blind map (allocentric) and along a route (egocentric) of the hometown so as to disentangle spatial memory for familiar/remote information from decline due to recent encoding of information.
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