Sources of path integration error in young and aging humans

Matthias Stangl; Ingmar Kanitscheider; Martin Riemer; Ila Fiete; Thomas Wolbers

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15805-9

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Sources of path integration error in young and aging humans

Matthias Stangl,
Ingmar Kanitscheider,
Martin Riemer,
Ila Fiete,
Thomas Wolbers

Affiliations

Matthias Stangl: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Ingmar Kanitscheider: Center for Learning and Memory, Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas
Martin Riemer: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Aging & Cognition Research Group
Ila Fiete: Center for Learning and Memory, Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas
Thomas Wolbers: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Aging & Cognition Research Group

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15805-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Path integration abilities, important for spatial navigation, vary widely across individuals and deteriorate in old age. This work shows that path integration errors in general, as well as age-related path integration deficits, are mainly caused by accumulating noise in people’s velocity estimation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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