Trajectories across the healthy adult lifespan on sense of direction, spatial anxiety, and attitude in exploring places.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Self-evaluations about orientation and navigation in the environment contribute to individual differences in spatial cognition. Evidence suggests that they may change, even slightly, with the progression of adulthood. It is necessary to improve the framing of environment-related subjective self-evaluations in adulthood and aging by examining how they change and the factors related to them. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the developmental trajectories of sense of direction, spatial anxiety, and attitude in exploring place across the adult lifespan while also considering gender and education.

Materials and methods

A sample of 1,946 participants (1,068 women), aged 18-87 years, completed the sense of direction and spatial representation, spatial anxiety, an

SUBMITTER: Muffato V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442537 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature