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Orienteering experts report more proficient spatial processing and memory across adulthood.

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Orienteering experts show enhanced spatial cognition and memory compared to non-experts. This sport, mimicking ancestral activities, may prevent age-related cognitive decline in spatial navigation.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human Evolution
  • Exercise Science

Background:

  • Exercise and cognitive training enhance cognition across the lifespan.
  • Orienteering, a sport simulating prehistoric human activities, combines physical exertion with navigation.
  • Such activities may be particularly effective for cognitive enhancement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if orienteering experts possess superior hippocampal-dependent cognitive function compared to active non-orienteering controls.
  • To explore the relationship between orienteering expertise and spatial processing, spatial memory, and episodic memory.

Main Methods:

  • 158 healthy adults (18-87 years) with varied orienteering experience (none to elite) participated.
  • Participants completed the Navigational Strategy Questionnaire and Survey of Autobiographical Memory.
  • Cognitive function was assessed, controlling for age, sex, and physical activity levels.

Main Results:

  • Orienteering experts demonstrated greater use of allocentric and egocentric spatial processing.
  • Experts also exhibited better spatial memory compared to controls.
  • Episodic memory showed no significant association with orienteering expertise.

Conclusions:

  • Orienteering expertise is linked to improved spatial cognition and memory.
  • These benefits persist independently of age, sex, and general physical activity.
  • Orienteering presents a potential intervention for mitigating age-related decline in spatial navigation and memory.