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@ARTICLE{Stangl:151578,
author = {Stangl, Matthias and Kanitscheider, Ingmar and Riemer,
Martin and Fiete, Ila and Wolbers, Thomas},
title = {{S}ources of path integration error in young and aging
humans},
journal = {Nature Communications},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
issn = {2041-1723},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-01162},
pages = {2626},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Path integration plays a vital role in navigation: it
enables the continuous tracking of one's position in space
by integrating self-motion cues. Path integration abilities
vary widely across individuals, and tend to deteriorate in
old age. The specific causes of path integration errors,
however, remain poorly characterized. Here, we combine tests
of path integration performance in participants of different
ages with an analysis based on the Langevin equation for
diffusive dynamics, which allows us to decompose errors into
distinct causes that can corrupt path integration
computations. We show that, across age groups, the dominant
error source is unbiased noise that accumulates with travel
distance not elapsed time, suggesting that the noise
originates in the velocity input rather than within the
integrator. Age-related declines are primarily traced to a
growth in this noise. These findings shed light on the
contributors to path integration error and the mechanisms
underlying age-related navigational deficits.},
keywords = {Adult / Aged / Cognitive Aging: physiology / Distance
Perception: physiology / Female / Humans / Male / Middle
Aged / Models, Neurological / Spatial Memory: physiology /
Spatial Navigation: physiology / Spatial Processing:
physiology / Walking: physiology / Young Adult},
cin = {AG Wolbers},
ddc = {500},
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},
pmc = {pmc:PMC7250899},
pubmed = {pmid:32457293},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-15805-9},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/151578},
}