The Key of the Maze: the role of mental imagery and cognitive flexibility in navigational planning
Spatial navigation planning ability relies on both mental imagery and cognitive flexibility. Considering
the importance of planning ability in everyday life, several neuropsychological tests are used in clinical
practice for its assessment, although some of these are not aimed at assessing the strategies of navigational
planning. The Porteus Maze Test (PMT) and the Key Search Task (KST) require to plan a strategy in a maze
and in an imagined space, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, although these two tests share