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Error detection and error memory in spatial navigation as reflected by electrodermal activity

Holper, Lisa ; Jäger, Natalie ; Scholkmann, Felix ; Wolf, Martin

In: Cognitive Processing, 2013, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 377-389

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    Titre
    • Error detection and error memory in spatial navigation as reflected by electrodermal activity
    Auteur
    • Holper, Lisa. Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL), Division of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Jäger, Natalie. Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL), Division of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Scholkmann, Felix. Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL), Division of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Wolf, Martin. Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL), Division of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Cognitive Processing, 2013, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 377-389. Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:310302
    Summary
    The study investigated spatial navigation by means of electrodermal activity (EDA). Two groups of healthy subjects (group 1, age <38; group 2, age ≥38) were recorded during navigation through two 3-D virtual mazes differing in difficulty, that is, Maze Simple (MazeS) and Maze Complex (MazeC). Our results show (1) an effect of difficulty, that is, larger skin conductance responses (SCRs) and slower velocity profiles while navigating through MazeC as compared to MazeS. (2) An effect of age, that is, larger SCRs and faster velocity profiles in younger subjects (group 1) compared to older subjects (group 2). (3) An effect of maze region, that is, SCRs increased when subjects entered dead ends with group 1 (young group) decreasing in velocity, whereas group 2 (old group) increased in velocity. (4) And an error memory effect, that is, subjects who remembered an error at a given decision point (crossroads preceding dead ends in MazeC) from previous trials, and then if they did not repeat that error, elicited decreased SCRs as compared to subjects who did not remember and subsequently repeated an error. The latter aspect is the most impactful as it shows that EDA is able to reflect error detection and memory during spatial navigation. Our data designate EDA as suitable monitoring tool for identification and differentiation of the affective correlates underlying spatial navigation, which has recently attracted researchers' attention due to its increased use in 3-D virtual environments