Age and visual field differences in computing visual-spatial relations.
Psychology and AgingPublished 1 January 1992
William J. Hoyer, John M. Rybash
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Age and brain hemispheric differences in visual-spatial performance were investigated using 2 versions of categorical and coordinate (metric) spatial relations tasks and there was no evidence to suggest differential aging of the right hemisphere in computing visual- Spatial relations.
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Age and brain hemispheric differences in visual-spatial performance were investigated using 2 versions of categorical and coordinate (metric) spatial relations tasks. Thirty-two young adults (M = 19.2 years) and 32 older adults (M = 68.8 years) participated. An overall age-related decrement in computing visual-spatial relations was obtained for lateralized presentations and when items were presented centrally. In contrast to some previous findings, there was no evidence to suggest differential aging of the right hemisphere in computing visual-spatial relations.
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