Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity
Traditionally, the medial temporal lobe has been considered a key brain region for spatial memory. Nevertheless, executive functions, such as working memory, also play an important role in complex behaviors, such as spatial navigation. Thus, the main goal of this study is to clarify the relationship...
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| author | Castillo Escamilla, Joaquín Fernández Castro, José Javier Baliyan, Shishir Ortells Rodríguez, Juan José Ortells Pareja, Juan José Cimadevilla Redondo, José Manuel |
| author_facet | Castillo Escamilla, Joaquín Fernández Castro, José Javier Baliyan, Shishir Ortells Rodríguez, Juan José Ortells Pareja, Juan José Cimadevilla Redondo, José Manuel |
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| description | Traditionally, the medial temporal lobe has been considered a key brain region for spatial memory. Nevertheless, executive functions, such as working memory, also play an important role in complex behaviors, such as spatial navigation. Thus, the main goal of this study is to clarify the relationship between working memory capacity and spatial memory performance. Spatial memory was assessed using a virtual reality-based procedure, the Boxes Room task, and the visual working memory with the computer-based Change Localization Task. One hundred and twenty-three (n = 123) participants took part in this study. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) revealed a statistically significant relationship between working memory capacity and spatial abilities. Thereafter, two subgroups n = 60, were formed according to their performance in the working memory task (1st and 4th quartiles, n = 30 each). Results demonstrate that participants with high working memory capacity committed fewer mistakes in the spatial task compared to the low working memory capacity group. Both groups improved their performance through repeated trials of the spatial task, thus showing that they could learn spatial layouts independent of their working memory capacity. In conclusion, these findings support that spatial memory performance is directly related to working memory skills. This could be relevant for spatial memory assessment in brain lesioned patients. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-84272023-04-12T19:41:11Z Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity Castillo Escamilla, Joaquín Fernández Castro, José Javier Baliyan, Shishir Ortells Rodríguez, Juan José Ortells Pareja, Juan José Cimadevilla Redondo, José Manuel spatial orientation navigation spatial learning hippocampus executive functions Traditionally, the medial temporal lobe has been considered a key brain region for spatial memory. Nevertheless, executive functions, such as working memory, also play an important role in complex behaviors, such as spatial navigation. Thus, the main goal of this study is to clarify the relationship between working memory capacity and spatial memory performance. Spatial memory was assessed using a virtual reality-based procedure, the Boxes Room task, and the visual working memory with the computer-based Change Localization Task. One hundred and twenty-three (n = 123) participants took part in this study. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) revealed a statistically significant relationship between working memory capacity and spatial abilities. Thereafter, two subgroups n = 60, were formed according to their performance in the working memory task (1st and 4th quartiles, n = 30 each). Results demonstrate that participants with high working memory capacity committed fewer mistakes in the spatial task compared to the low working memory capacity group. Both groups improved their performance through repeated trials of the spatial task, thus showing that they could learn spatial layouts independent of their working memory capacity. In conclusion, these findings support that spatial memory performance is directly related to working memory skills. This could be relevant for spatial memory assessment in brain lesioned patients. 2020-09-02T11:35:45Z 2020-09-02T11:35:45Z 2020-08-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2076-3425 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8427 en https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/8/552 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | spatial orientation navigation spatial learning hippocampus executive functions Castillo Escamilla, Joaquín Fernández Castro, José Javier Baliyan, Shishir Ortells Rodríguez, Juan José Ortells Pareja, Juan José Cimadevilla Redondo, José Manuel Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity |
| title | Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity |
| title_full | Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity |
| title_fullStr | Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity |
| title_short | Allocentric Spatial Memory Performance in a Virtual Reality-Based Task is Conditioned by Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity |
| title_sort | allocentric spatial memory performance in a virtual reality-based task is conditioned by visuospatial working memory capacity |
| topic | spatial orientation navigation spatial learning hippocampus executive functions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8427 |
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