The findings could ultimately support early detection of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-associated neurodegeneration.
The way we explore our environment might contribute to healthier brain aging, a new study suggests. The findings may offer new methods for staving off cognitive decline, as well as early biomarkers for Alzheimer's diagnosis.Spatial navigation is a skill we use every day, and it tends to decline as we age. Historically, this decline in navigational abilities was attributed to worsening spatial memory.
'Compared to younger individuals, middle-aged individuals explored the maze environment less, as they traveled less distance, paused for longer periods of time at decision points, and visited more objects than young individuals,' Mary Hegarty, a professor at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a joint corresponding author on the paper, said in a statement.
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