@article{ref1,
title="Intrapersonal and extrapersonal space: performance of older adults on ecologically valid orientation tasks",
journal="Experimental aging research",
year="2005",
author="Desrocher, Mary and Smith, Mary Lou",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="205-216",
abstract="This experiment examined performance of 20 older adults (64 to 76 years) and 20 young adults (18 to 35 years) on two orientation tasks: The Intrapersonal task required participants to point to parts of their body corresponding to those on a line drawing; and, the Extrapersonal task involved translating a route indicated on paper to walking a route on a corresponding floor map. Older adults were found to be slower at completing both tasks, although accuracy of performance was comparable between age groups. The results were interpreted in terms of a speed-accuracy tradeoff that increases with age.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0361-073X",
doi="10.1080/03610730590915443",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610730590915443"
}