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@ARTICLE{Bates:137719,
author = {Bates, Sarah and Wolbers, Thomas},
title = {{H}ow cognitive aging affects multisensory integration of
navigational cues.},
journal = {Neurobiology of aging},
volume = {35},
number = {12},
issn = {0197-4580},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-04041},
pages = {2761-2769},
year = {2014},
abstract = {Entorhinal grid cells and hippocampal place cells are key
systems for mammalian navigation. By combining information
from different sensory modalities, they provide abstract
representations of space. Given that both structures are
among the earliest to undergo age-related neurodegenerative
changes, we asked whether age-related navigational
impairments are related to deficient integration of
navigational cues. Younger and older adults performed a
homing task that required using visual landmarks,
self-motion information, or a combination of both. Further,
a conflict between cues assessed the influence of each
sensory domain. Our findings revealed performance
impairments in the older adults, suggestive of a higher
noise in the underlying spatial representations. In
addition, even though both groups integrated visual and
self-motion information to become more accurate and precise,
older adults did not place as much influence on visual
information as would have been optimal. As these findings
were unrelated to potential changes in balance or spatial
working memory, this study provides the first evidence that
increasing noise and a suboptimal weighting of navigational
cues might contribute to the common problems with spatial
representations experienced by many older adults. These
findings are discussed in the context of the known
age-related changes in the entorhinal-hippocampal network.},
keywords = {Adult / Aged / Aged, 80 and over / Aging: pathology /
Aging: physiology / Aging: psychology / Animals / Cognition:
physiology / Cues / Entorhinal Cortex: cytology / Entorhinal
Cortex: pathology / Entorhinal Cortex: physiology / Female /
Hippocampus: cytology / Hippocampus: pathology /
Hippocampus: physiology / Homing Behavior: physiology /
Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Noise / Sensation: physiology
/ Spatial Memory: physiology / Spatial Navigation:
physiology / Visual Perception: physiology / Young Adult},
cin = {AG Wolbers},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310002},
pnm = {344 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF3-344)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-344},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:24952995},
doi = {10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.04.003},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/137719},
}