Neuroticism and self-evaluation measures are related to the ability to form cognitive maps critical for spatial orientation

Burles, Ford; Guadagni, Veronica; Hoey, Felecia; Arnold, Aiden E. G. F.; Levy, Richard; O’Neill, Thomas A.; Iaria, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2014.06.002

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“…Isolated reports have noted similar but weaker 40,41 or task-dependent 42 Neuroticism effects in visual-spatial integration, or the organization of disjoint components into a meaningful picture. One recent study in college students theorized that this link may be dependent on cognitive map abilities localized in the hippocampus, which also shows functional associations with Neuroticism 4344 , although this is speculative. However, performance on both sections of the TMT, to which Neuroticism was also strongly linked here, also involves some degree of visual-spatial ability.…”

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Personality and Performance in Specific Neurocognitive Domains Among Older Persons

Chapman

Benedict

Lin

et al. 2017

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Objective Certain Big 5 personality dimensions have been repeatedly linked to global measures of cognitive function and outcome categories. We examined whether the Big 5 or their specific components showed differential evidence of associations with specific neurocognitive domains. Design Cross-sectional. Participants 179 older adults (70+) participating in a broader study on cognitive aging. Measurements The NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and a comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests. Results Adjusted for age, gender, and years of education, p-values, Bayes Factors, and measures effect size from linear models suggested strong evidence for associations between better delayed recall memory and higher Conscientiousness (principally the facets of Goal-Striving and Dependability) and Openness (specifically the Intellectual Interest component). Better executive function and attention showed moderate to strong evidence of associations with lower Neuroticism (especially the Self-conscious Vulnerability facet), and higher Conscientiousness (mostly the Dependability facet). Better language functioning was linked to higher Openness (specifically, the Intellectual Interests facet). Worse visual-spatial function was strongly associated with higher Neuroticism. Conclusions Different tests of neurocognitive functioning show varying degrees of evidence for associations with different personality traits. Better understanding of the patterning of neurocognitive-personality linkages may facilitate grasp of underlying mechanisms, and/or refine understanding of co-occurring clinical presentation of personality traits and specific cognitive deficits.

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Personality and Performance in Specific Neurocognitive Domains Among Older Persons

Chapman

Benedict

Lin

et al. 2017

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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“…getting lost) and ineffective problem solving strategies found in anxious individuals [37]. Indeed, traits such as neuroticism, which is associated with the experience of anxiety, have been linked to decreased performance on spatial tasks [38]. Alternatively, differences in performance between groups could be attributed to participants’ varying scores on depression since history of depression has been linked to hippocampal volume loss and poor declarative memory [39].…”

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Poor sleep quality affects spatial orientation in virtual environments

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Sleep is well known to have a significant impact on learning and memory. Specifically, studies adopting an experimentally induced sleep loss protocol in healthy individuals have provided evidence that the consolidation of spatial memories, as acquired through navigating and orienteering in spatial surroundings, is negatively affected by total sleep loss. Here, we used both objective and subjective measures to characterize individuals' quality of sleep, and grouped participants into either a poor (insomnia-like) or normal (control) sleep quality group. We asked participants to solve a wayfinding task in a virtual environment, and scored their performance by measuring the time spent to reach a target location and the number of wayfinding errors made while navigating. We found that participants with poor sleep quality were slower and more error-prone than controls in solving the task. These findings provide novel evidence that pre-existing sleep deficiencies in otherwise healthy individuals affects negatively the ability to learn novel routes, and suggest that sleep quality should be accounted for among healthy individuals performing experimental spatial orientation tasks in virtual environments.

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“…A further complexity is 2 CLAESSEN, VAN DER HAM, JAGERSMA, AND VISSER-MEILY that individuals differ considerably in their general spatial abilities as well as in their specific navigation skills (e.g., Hegarty, Montello, Richardson, Ishikawa, & Lovelace, 2006;. It has even been suggested that such individual differences might not only be related to variables such as gender and age but also partly to personality traits such as neuroticism (Burles et al, 2014). …”

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Navigation strategy training using virtual reality in six chronic stroke patients: A novel and explorative approach to the rehabilitation of navigation impairment

Claessen

Ham

Jagersma

et al. 2015

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

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Recent studies have shown that navigation impairment is a common complaint after brain injury. Effective training programmes aiming to improve navigation ability in neurological patients are, however, scarce. The few reported programmes are merely focused on recalling specific routes rather than encouraging brain-damaged patients to use an alternative navigation strategy, applicable to any route. Our aim was therefore to investigate the feasibility of a (virtual reality) navigation training as a tool to instruct chronic stroke patients to adopt an alternative navigation strategy. Navigation ability was systematically assessed before the training. The training approach was then determined based on the individual pattern of navigation deficits of each patient. The use of virtual reality in the navigation strategy training in six middle-aged stroke patients was found to be highly feasible. Furthermore, five patients learned to (partially) apply an alternative navigation strategy in the virtual environment, suggesting that navigation strategies are mouldable rather than static. In the evaluation of their training experiences, the patients judged the training as valuable and proposed some suggestions for further improvement. The notion that the navigation strategy people use can be influenced after a short training procedure is a novel finding and initiates a direction for future studies.

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Neuroticism and self-evaluation measures are related to the ability to form cognitive maps critical for spatial orientation

Cited by 23 publications

References 58 publications

Personality and Performance in Specific Neurocognitive Domains Among Older Persons

Personality and Performance in Specific Neurocognitive Domains Among Older Persons

Poor sleep quality affects spatial orientation in virtual environments

Navigation strategy training using virtual reality in six chronic stroke patients: A novel and explorative approach to the rehabilitation of navigation impairment

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