Mitolo, M., Gardini, S., Caffarra, P. et al. (3 more authors) (2015) Relationship between spatial ability, visuospatial working memory and self-assessed spatial orientation ability: a study in older adults. Cognitive Processing, 16 (2). 165 - 176. ISSN 1612-4782
Abstract
This paper describes some novel spatial tasks and questionnaires designed to assess spatial and orientation abilities. The new tasks and questionnaires were administered to a sample of 90 older adults (41 males, age range 57–90), along with some other tests of spatial ability (Minnesota Paper Form Board, Mental Rotations Test, and Embedded Figures Test) and tests of visuospatial working memory (Corsi’s Block Test and Visual Pattern Test). The internal reliability of the new tasks and questionnaires was analyzed, as well as their relationship with the spatial and working memory tests. The results showed that the new spatial tasks are reliable, correlate with working memory and spatial ability tests and, compared with the latters, show stronger correlations with the self-report questionnaires referring to orientation abilities. A model was also tested (with reference to Allen et al. in Intelligence 22:327–355, 1996) in which the new tasks were assumed to relate to spatial ability and predict orientation abilities as assessed by the self-report measures.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Marta Olivetti Belardinelli and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Cognitive Processing. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Spatial ability; Orientation ability; Sense of direction; Aging |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) > Department of Neuroscience (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2015 15:40 |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2016 16:33 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10339-015-0647-3 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10339-015-0647-3 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90294 |