Table 4.
Correlations between navigation performance and cognitive tests in young and older adults
| WAIS block design | Forward digit span | Backward digit span | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Young adults | ||||||
| Speed (vm/ second) | −0.098 | 0.618 | −0.064 | 0.747 | −0.054 | 0.787 |
| Rotation (°) | 0.075 | 0.703 | 0.003 | 0.988 | 0.018 | 0.928 |
| Distance error (%) | 0.132 | 0.502 | −0.167 | 0.397 | 0.015 | 0.938 |
| Successful trials (%) | −0.144 | 0.465 | 0.021 | 0.915 | −0.068 | 0.732 |
| Older adults | ||||||
| Speed (vm/ second) | 0.370 | 0.044* | −0.123 | 0.519 | 0.207 | 0.272 |
| Rotation (°) | −0.355 | 0.054 | −0.030 | 0.876 | −0.222 | 0.238 |
| Distance error (%) | −0.267 | 0.154 | −0.053 | 0.779 | −0.190 | 0.313 |
| Successful trials (%) | 0.417 | 0.022* | −0.193 | 0.307 | 0.151 | 0.426 |
WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV; * p < .05