Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 7 , Pages 965-972 , July 2006

Age differences in the neural systems supporting human allocentric spatial navigation

  • Scott D. Moffat

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Personality, Cognition and National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    • Institute of Gerontology, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 87 E Ferry St. Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 313 577 2297; fax: +1 313 875 0127.
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  • Wendy Elkins

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Personality, Cognition and National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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  • Susan M. Resnick

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Personality, Cognition and National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA

Received 8 December 2004 ,Revised 7 April 2005 ,Accepted 4 May 2005.

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PII: S0197-4580(05)00120-X

doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.05.011

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 7 , Pages 965-972 , July 2006

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