PMID- 28775689
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1663-4365 (Print)
IS  - 1663-4365 (Electronic)
IS  - 1663-4365 (Linking)
VI  - 9
DP  - 2017
TI  - The Effects of Attentional Engagement on Route Learning Performance in a Virtual 
      Environment: An Aging Study.
PG  - 235
LID - 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00235 [doi]
LID - 235
AB  - Route learning is a common navigation task affected by cognitive aging. Here we 
      present a novel experimental paradigm to investigate whether age-related declines 
      in executive control of attention contributes to route learning deficits. A young 
      and an older participant group was repeatedly presented with a route through a 
      virtual maze comprised of 12 decision points (DP) and non-decision points 
      (non-DP). To investigate attentional engagement with the route learning task, 
      participants had to respond to auditory probes at both DP and non-DP. Route 
      knowledge was assessed by showing participants screenshots or landmarks from DPs 
      and non-DPs and asking them to indicate the movement direction required to 
      continue the route. Results demonstrate better performance for DPs than for 
      non-DPs and slower responses to auditory probes at DPs compared to non-DPs. As 
      expected we found slower route learning and slower responses to the auditory 
      probes in the older participant group. Interestingly, differences in response 
      times to the auditory probes between DPs and non-DPs can predict the success of 
      route learning in both age groups and may explain slower knowledge acquisition in 
      the older participant group.
FAU - Hartmeyer, Steffen
AU  - Hartmeyer S
AD  - Department of Psychology, Bournemouth UniversityPoole, United Kingdom.
FAU - Grzeschik, Ramona
AU  - Grzeschik R
AD  - Department of Psychology, Bournemouth UniversityPoole, United Kingdom.
AD  - Ageing and Dementia Research Centre, Bournemouth UniversityPoole, United Kingdom.
FAU - Wolbers, Thomas
AU  - Wolbers T
AD  - German Centre for Neurodegenerative DiseasesMagdeburg, Germany.
FAU - Wiener, Jan M
AU  - Wiener JM
AD  - Department of Psychology, Bournemouth UniversityPoole, United Kingdom.
AD  - Ageing and Dementia Research Centre, Bournemouth UniversityPoole, United Kingdom.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170720
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Aging Neurosci
JT  - Frontiers in aging neuroscience
JID - 101525824
PMC - PMC5517407
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aging
OT  - attention
OT  - attentional engagement
OT  - auditory probe task
OT  - decision points
OT  - navigation
OT  - route learning
OT  - selective attention
EDAT- 2017/08/05 06:00
MHDA- 2017/08/05 06:01
PMCR- 2017/01/01
CRDT- 2017/08/05 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/07/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/08/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/08/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/08/05 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00235 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Aging Neurosci. 2017 Jul 20;9:235. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00235. 
      eCollection 2017.