Immersive virtual reality & the neural mechanisms of spatial memory in aging

沉浸式虚拟现实的最新发展允许实验操作来分离空间行为的认知成分。新的计算分析可以解释其组成过程的空间行为，并从跨物种的神经科学研究中形成了潜在的神经机制的计算模型。我们将应用这些技术和分析的进步，以了解在健康老龄化的基础组件过程和神经机制方面的空间行为的恶化。我们希望这项工作将对健康老龄化和痴呆症的生活质量和应对策略产生重要影响。

Recent developments in immersive virtual reality allow experimental manipulations todissociate the cognitive components of spatial behaviour. Novel computational analyses caninterpret spatial behaviour in terms of its component processes, and computational models ofthe underlying neural mechanisms have been formed from cross-species neuroscientificinvestigation. We will apply these technical and analytical advances to understand thedeterioration of spatial behaviour in healthy aging in terms of its underlying componentprocesses and neural mechanisms. We hope this work will have important impact on qualityof life and coping strategies in healthy aging and dementia.