COMPARISONS BETWEEN COGNITIVELY-IMPAIRED AND HEALTHY OLDER ADULTS ON NAVIGATION METRICS
Michael Pervratil, Dorota Kossowska-Kuhn, Neil Charness · 2023
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Michael Pervratil, Dorota Kossowska-Kuhn, and Neil Charness compared how well older adults find their way, in twenty twenty-three. One group had cognitive impairment and the other was healthy. Finding one's way is a complex skill of several parts, and it helps in daily life. Skill is expected to fall with normal aging, and impairment may deepen the loss.
The impaired group was drawn from three sites in the eastern United States. They took tests of how they find their way, by tasks and by self-rating. Their scores were set against a community group aged sixty to ninety. The impaired group did much worse on a test of spatial orientation. They rated themselves worse on a general wayfinding scale. Yet the groups did not differ in help felt needed, or how often they felt lost. The authors discuss what this split means for measurement.
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| CREATOR | Michael Pervratil, Dorota Kossowska-Kuhn, Neil Charness |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |