Effects of Individual Differences on Spatial Cognition

Dear Colleagues,

Orienting through the environment is a complex and crucial skill that relies on a wide network of brain areas and it is characterized by great individual differences related to several factors including aging, cognitive style, expertise, and gender. Recent findings demonstrated that spatial navigation tasks may reveal subtle differences between normal and pathological aging, representing a potential neuropsychological predictor of neurodegenerative diseases. Investigating individual differences in navigation has a crucial role in the detection of early, preclinical stages od degenerative disorders, specifically for Alzheimer’s disease and to differentiate Alzheimer’s disease from other types of degenerative illnesses.

With this in mind, this Special Issue encourages submissions that may shed further light on individual differences in spatial cognition. Contributions that investigate the different impacts of age, gender, expertise, personality traits, and cognitive styles, as well as the effects due to the presence of neurological diseases, on navigation are welcome. Of particular interest are submissions that relate navigation to its neural underpinning: functional neuroimaging methods that enable the investigation of neurobehavioral, neuroanatomy, and neurophysiology pertaining to environmental representation.

Dr. Laura Piccardi
Dr. Raffaella Nori
Dr. Jose Manuel Cimadevilla
Guest Editors

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