Evidence for spatial navigational impairments in hydrocephalus patients without spina bifida

• Published in: Brain and cognition Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 132 - 141
• Main Authors: Buckley, Matthew G., Smith, Alastair D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.10.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord; Cognitive ability; Cues; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Diseases of the spine; Female; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus - physiopathology; Learning - physiology; Male; Malformations and congenital and or hereditary diseases involving bones. Joint deformations; Medical sciences; Memory - physiology; Navigation; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Spatial cognition; Spinal Dysraphism - physiopathology; Young Adult; Hydrocephalus; Spatial cognition; Navigation; Human; Nervous system diseases; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Spine disease; Experimental study; Congenital disease; Cerebral disorder; Spina bifida; Malformation; Central nervous system disease; Hydrocephaly

•Patients with hydrocephalus were examined on a variety of navigational measures.•Relative impairments of spatial cueing, route-learning, and spatial updating.•First demonstration of spatial impairments outside of the context of spina bifida. The cognitive sequelae of hydrocephalus have mostly been...