scholarly journals The impact of three interfaces for 360-degree video on spatial cognition

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wutthigrai Boonsuk ◽  
Stephen Gilbert ◽  
Jonathan Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The impact of early structural enrichment on spatial cognition in layer chicks

2019 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate I Norman ◽  
Jessie E.C Adriaense ◽  
Christine J Nicol
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Saccular Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease Is Associated with Driving Difficulty

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 294-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric X. Wei ◽  
Esther S. Oh ◽  
Aisha Harun ◽  
Matthew Ehrenburg ◽  
Yuri Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Memory Clinic ◽  
Vestibular Loss ◽  
Road Map ◽  
The Impact

Background/Aims: Patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) experience increased rates of vestibular loss. Recent studies suggest that saccular impairment in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD patients is associated with impaired spatial cognitive function. However, the impact of saccular impairment on everyday behaviors that rely on spatial cognitive function is unknown. Methods: We recruited 60 patients (21 MCI and 39 AD) from an interdisciplinary Memory Clinic. Saccular function was measured, and a visuospatial questionnaire was administered to assess whether participants experienced impairments in terms of driving difficulty, losing objects, falls, and fear of falling. Results: In multiple logistic regression analyses, MCI and AD patients with bilateral saccular impairment had a significant, greater than 12-fold odds of driving difficulty (OR 12.1, 95% CI 1.2, 117.7) compared to MCI and AD patients with normal saccular function, and the association appears to be mediated by spatial cognition as measured by the Money Road Map Test. Conclusion: This study suggests a novel link between saccular impairment and driving difficulty in MCI and AD patients and demonstrates that driving difficulty may be a real-world manifestation of impaired spatial cognition associated with saccular impairment.

scholarly journals Spatial cognition in children with physical disability; what is the impact of restrictedindependent exploration?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Farran ◽  
Valerie Critten ◽  
Yannick Courbois ◽  
Emma Campbell ◽  
David Messer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
Mental Rotation Task ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Ability Group ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
The Impact

On account of the developmental relationship between motor ability and spatial skills. we investigated the impact of physical disability (PD) on spatial cognition. Fifty-three children with special educational needs including PD took part. The children with PD were divided into those who were wheelchair users (N=34) and those who had independent locomotion (N=19). This division enabled us to additionally determine the impact of limited independent physical exploration on spatial competence (exploration is typically relatively restricted for wheelchair users). Performance of the PD groups was compared to that of typically developing (TD) children who spanned the range of non-verbal ability of the PD groups. Participants completed three spatial tasks; a mental rotation task, a Bee-bot route task and a desktop virtual reality (VR) navigation task. The PD groups broadly demonstrated lower levels of performance than the TD children. However, when performance was considered with reference to participant’s learning difficulties, this demonstrated that levels of impairment across tasks were broadly commensurate with their overall level of non-verbal ability. The exception to this was the performance of the PD wheelchair group on the mental rotation task, which was below that expected for their level of non-verbal ability. Group differences in task approach were evident for the Bee-Bot task; both PD groups showed a different pattern of errors than the TD group. These findings suggest that for children with learning difficulties and PD, the developmental impact of having physical disabilities on spatial ability, over and above the impact of having learning difficulties, is minimal.

scholarly journals Brains in space: the importance of understanding the impact of long-duration spaceflight on spatial cognition and its neural circuitry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander C. Stahn ◽  
Simone Kühn
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Neural Circuitry ◽  
New Era ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

AbstractFifty years after the first humans stepped on the Moon, space faring nations have entered a new era of space exploration. NASA’s reference mission to Mars is expected to comprise 1100 days. Deep space exploratory class missions could even span decades. They will be the most challenging and dangerous expeditions in the history of human spaceflight and will expose crew members to unprecedented health and performance risks. The development of adverse cognitive or behavioral conditions and psychiatric disorders during those missions is considered a critical and unmitigated risk factor. Here, we argue that spatial cognition, i.e., the ability to encode representations about self-to-object relations and integrate this information into a spatial map of the environment, and their neural bases will be highly vulnerable during those expeditions. Empirical evidence from animal studies shows that social isolation, immobilization, and altered gravity can have profound effects on brain plasticity associated with spatial navigation. We provide examples from historic spaceflight missions, spaceflight analogs, and extreme environments suggesting that spatial cognition and its neural circuitry could be impaired during long-duration spaceflight, and identify recommendations and future steps to mitigate these risks.

scholarly journals Spatial Cognition in Children With Physical Disability; What Is the Impact of Restricted Independent Exploration?

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily K. Farran ◽  
Valerie Critten ◽  
Yannick Courbois ◽  
Emma Campbell ◽  
David Messer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
Mental Rotation Task ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Ability Group ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Spatial Programming

Given the developmental inter-relationship between motor ability and spatial skills, we investigated the impact of physical disability (PD) on spatial cognition. Fifty-three children with special educational needs including PD were divided into those who were wheelchair users (n = 34) and those with independent locomotion ability (n = 19). This division additionally enabled us to determine the impact of limited independent physical exploration (i.e., required wheelchair use) on spatial competence. We compared the spatial performance of children in these two PD groups to that of typically developing (TD) children who spanned the range of non-verbal ability of the PD groups. Participants completed three spatial tasks; a mental rotation task, a spatial programming task and a desktop virtual reality (VR) navigation task. Levels of impairment of the PD groups were broadly commensurate with their overall level of non-verbal ability. The exception to this was the performance of the PD wheelchair group on the mental rotation task, which was below that expected for their level of non-verbal ability. Group differences in approach to the spatial programming task were evident in that both PD groups showed a different error pattern from the TD group. These findings suggested that for children with both learning difficulties and PD, the unique developmental impact on spatial ability of having physical disabilities, over and above the impact of any learning difficulties, is minimal.

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