Age-related changes in visual encoding strategy preferences during a spatial memory task.

ABSTRACT: Ageing is associated with declines in spatial memory, however, the source of these deficits remains unclear. Here we used eye-tracking to investigate age-related differences in spatial encoding strategies and the cognitive processes underlying the age-related deficits in spatial memory tasks. To do so we asked young and older participants to encode the locations of objects in a virtual room shown as a picture on a computer screen. The availability and utility of room-based landmarks were manipulated by removing landmarks, presenting identical landmarks rendering them uninformative, or by presenting unique landmarks that could be used to encode object locations. In the test phase, participants viewed a second picture of the same room taken from the same (0°) or a different perspective (30°)

SUBMITTER: Segen V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885492 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature