The role of working memory capacity in spatial learning depends on spatial information integration difficulty in the environment.

ABSTRACT: A substantial amount of research has been conducted to uncover factors underlying the pronounced individual differences in spatial navigation. Spatial working memory capacity (SWM) is shown to be one important factor. In other domains such as reading comprehension, the role of working memory capacity in task performance differences depends on the difficulty of other task demands. In the current study, we investigated whether, similarly, the relationship between SWM and spatial performance was dependent on the difficulty of spatial information integration in the environment. Based on our prior work, spatial information integration difficulty depends on (a) difficulty in observing spatial relationships between locations of interest in the environment and (b) the individual's ability to integ

SUBMITTER: He Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7956123 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature