Spatial memory and navigation in ageing: A systematic review of MRI and fMRI studies in healthy participants.

Affiliation

Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

Spatial deficits are widely observed in normal ageing and early Alzheimer's disease. This review systematically examined neuroimaging evidence for structural and functional differences in the hippocampus (HC) associated with non-pathological age-related changes in allocentric spatial abilities.

Keywords

Ageing,Allocentric spatial processing,Neuroimaging,Spatial memory,Spatial navigation,