TY - GEN
T1 - The Contribution of Allocentric Impairments to the Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease
AU - Serino, Silvia
AU - Morganti, Francesca
AU - Colombo, Desirèe
AU - Riva, Giuseppe
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - An early decline in navigation abilities is one of the first sign of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). More specifically, it has been suggested that allocentric impairments contribute significantly to this pathological decline. In this vein, the objective of the current work was to investigate the contribution of different spatial abilities involved in navigation (including allocentric ones) to the cognitive decline. Thirty elderly participated in the study, divided into two groups: Fifteen cognitively healthy aged individuals and fifteen individuals with AD. Our results showed that patients with AD performed significantly poorer in almost all tests evaluating spatial abilities in comparison to cognitively healthy aged individuals. Interestingly, we found that the allocentric abilities were the only significant predictor of the cognitive decline. Overall, these results suggested the primary role of allocentric impairments in contributing to the cognitive pathological decline.
AB - An early decline in navigation abilities is one of the first sign of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). More specifically, it has been suggested that allocentric impairments contribute significantly to this pathological decline. In this vein, the objective of the current work was to investigate the contribution of different spatial abilities involved in navigation (including allocentric ones) to the cognitive decline. Thirty elderly participated in the study, divided into two groups: Fifteen cognitively healthy aged individuals and fifteen individuals with AD. Our results showed that patients with AD performed significantly poorer in almost all tests evaluating spatial abilities in comparison to cognitively healthy aged individuals. Interestingly, we found that the allocentric abilities were the only significant predictor of the cognitive decline. Overall, these results suggested the primary role of allocentric impairments in contributing to the cognitive pathological decline.
KW - Allocentric abilities
KW - Alzheimer’s Disease
KW - Computer Networks and Communications
KW - Spatial navigation
KW - Virtual Reality
KW - Allocentric abilities
KW - Alzheimer’s Disease
KW - Computer Networks and Communications
KW - Spatial navigation
KW - Virtual Reality
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/131046
UR - http://www.springer.com/series/8197
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-01093-5_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-01093-5_11
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9783030010928
VL - 253
T3 - LECTURE NOTES OF THE INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES, SOCIAL INFORMATICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
SP - 84
EP - 91
BT - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
T2 - 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health, MindCare 2018
Y2 - 9 January 2018 through 10 January 2018
ER -