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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Spatial Cognition

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  • Developmental topographical disorientation (DTD) is a navigation impairment affecting daily life.
  • A clear clinical definition and assessment tools for DTD are lacking.
  • Recent theoretical frameworks allow for classifying navigation impairments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To clarify the behavioral characteristics of DTD by reviewing empirical evidence.
  • To utilize recent theoretical developments in navigation impairment classification.
  • To inform the development of a clinical definition and assessment tools for DTD.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review of empirical studies on DTD.
  • Identification of DTD descriptions and criteria.
  • Classification of DTD performance across navigation domains (landmark, location, path knowledge).

Main Results:

  • DTD is characterized by impaired allocentric location and path knowledge, indicating poor mental map quality.
  • Landmark knowledge is generally unaffected in DTD.
  • Impaired landmark knowledge may suggest a broader visual agnosia.

Conclusions:

  • Poor mental map quality is the primary characteristic of DTD.
  • DTD navigation strategies appear landmark-focused.
  • Findings support the development of a clinical characterization and assessment tools for DTD.