{"id":5047,"date":"2025-06-25T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/vemi\/?page_id=5047"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:51:33","slug":"spatial-aging-navigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/vemi\/nick\/dr-nicholas-giudice\/about-me-nick__trashed\/spatial-aging-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Spatial Aging and Navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This line of research investigates what changes in navigation behavior and related spatial abilities&nbsp;transpire across the lifespan and how this \u2018spatial aging\u2019 effects performance on common navigation&nbsp;tasks (e.g., driving, wayfinding, etc), independence, and quality of life for older adults. Our results have&nbsp;demonstrated less accurate spatial updating abilities after both visual and haptic learning of multi-target&nbsp;arrays in older adults compared to their younger peers, suggesting general age-related declines in&nbsp;spatial performance. In addition to studying spatial aging across modalities, instead of just visual&nbsp;learning, this research is novel as it aims to use the results to develop technological solutions. For&nbsp;instance, we are interested in spatial gerontechnologies and compensatory augmentations to assist&nbsp;older adults with environmental awareness and safe and independent navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Relevant Citations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Kalia, A., Legge, G.E., &amp; Giudice, N.A. (2008). Learning building layouts with non-geometric visual\u00a0information: The effects of visual impairment and age. Perception. 37(11), 1677-1699.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>. Giudice, N.A., Bennett, C.R., Klatzky, R.L., and Loomis, J.M. (in press). Updating of haptic arrays\u00a0across the lifespan. Experimental Aging Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3<\/strong>. Bennett, C.R., Corey, R.R., Giudice, U., and Giudice, N.A. (2016). Immersive virtual reality\u00a0simulation as a tool for aging and driving research. In J. Zhou &amp; G. Salvendy (Eds.), Proceedings of the\u00a0Second International Conference of Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population (ITAP), Part of HCI\u00a0International 2016. Toronto, CA. July 17-22 (pp. 377-385). Springer International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Bennett, C.R. and Giudice, N.A. (2016). Cognitive map decay in older adults: Evaluation using\u00a0virtual reality driving simulation. Spatial Cognition 2016 conference. Aug 2-5, Philadelphia, PA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Complete List of Published Work:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E-pubs at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/vemi\/publications\/\">https:\/\/umaine.edu\/vemi\/publications\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Scholar:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=jD95I7EAAAAJ\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=jD95I7EAAAAJ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This line of research investigates what changes in navigation behavior and related spatial abilities&nbsp;transpire across the lifespan and how this \u2018spatial aging\u2019 effects performance on common navigation&nbsp;tasks (e.g., driving, wayfinding, etc), independence, and quality of life for older adults. 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