Overall, the results indicate that interconnections between the hippocampus and anterior thalamus, via the fornix, help to resolve problems with flexible spatial and temporal cues, but the results also signal the importance of additional, non-fornical contributions to hippocampal-anterior thalamic spatial processing, particularly for problems with more stable spatial solutions.
The finding of recognition memory enhancement in the positive mood/high arousal condition might be predicted from studies showing that positive affect is associated with improved cognitive abilities including creative problem solving [10], spatial processing [11], [12] associative memory [9] and broadening of attention in health and disease [9], [13].
The battery sampled a wide range of cognitive domains including verbal and non-verbal memory, executive function, visual spatial processing, information processing, motor speed and problem solving ability.
The STFD matrix is related to the source TFD matrix by the spatial mixing matrix in a manner similar to the commonly used formula in array processing problems using second-order statistics that relates the sensor spatial covariance matrix to the source covariance matrix.
However cognitive impairment on visual-perceptual and spatial processing tasks may be related to increased risk of social problems and altered interpersonal relationships.
"It may have to do with the difficulty they have in their visual spatial processing," he said.
Bird, C. M. & Burgess, N. The hippocampus and memory: insights from spatial processing.
It may be that talking on the phone generates mental images that conflict with the spatial processing needed for safe driving.
Meanwhile, areas in the back of her brain on the right side, devoted to visual and spatial processing, appeared to have thickened.
Dozens of studies have shown correlations between video game use and improved spatial processing, multitasking, attentional control, and perseverance.
Dissociation of object and spatial processing domains in primate prefrontal cortex.
