TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Intrapersonal and extrapersonal space: performance of older adults on ecologically valid orientation tasks
JO  - Experimental aging research
A1  - Desrocher, Mary
A1  - Smith, Mary Lou
SP  - 205
EP  - 216
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-073X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610730590915443
ID  - ref1
ER  -