Does aging affect the formation of new topographical memories? Evidence from an extensive spatial training
A decline in navigational abilities is a consistent feature of aging. Although many studies focused on recall of navigational informa- tion, the impact of time and type of learning on recall has received little attention. We submitted older adults and young participants to an extensive training of an ecological environment, from both route and survey perspectives. Then, we tested participants’ learn- ing using from both route and survey perspectives. Although older adults benefit from the extensive training, they did not reach the same performance of the young participants.