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doi: 10.3390/app12199707
handle: 10261/287786 , 10486/706816 , 10651/66597 , 10261/305261
Spatial navigation is a key aspect of human behavior and it is still not completely understood. A number of experimental approaches exist, although most of the published data in the last decades have relied on virtual maze on-screen simulation or not-completely freely moving 3D devices. Some interesting recent developments, such as circular mazes, have contributed to analyze critical aspects of freely moving human spatial navigation in real space, although dedicated protocols only allow for simple approaches. Here, we have developed both specifically designed and home-assembled hardware equipment, and a customized protocol for spatial navigation evaluation in freely moving humans in a real space circular arena. The spatial navigation protocol poses an imitation of a real-space multiple-choice path maze with cul-de-sac and instances of non-linear movement. We have compared the results of this system to those of a number of validated, both virtual and real, spatial navigation tests in a group of participants. The system composed by hardware, the test protocol, and dedicated measure analysis designed in our laboratory allows us to evaluate human spatial navigation in a complex maze with a small and portable structure, yielding a highly flexible, adaptable, and versatile access to information about the subjects’ spatial navigation abilities.
Technology, spatial orientation, QH301-705.5, virtual navigation, T, Physics, QC1-999, maze-type protocol, real-space physical navigation, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), Chemistry, circular maze, TA1-2040, Biology (General), QD1-999, Deportes
Technology, spatial orientation, QH301-705.5, virtual navigation, T, Physics, QC1-999, maze-type protocol, real-space physical navigation, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), Chemistry, circular maze, TA1-2040, Biology (General), QD1-999, Deportes
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