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A recent study conducted by researchers at Catholic University in Milan, Italy, has highlighted the early cognitive impairments in spatial cognition (SC) that occur in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study utilized a naturalistic task and a sensory garment to assess navigation abilities in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to AD. The findings showed that these patients exhibited difficulties in both sequential egocentric and allocentric navigation, as well as lower long-term visuospatial memory abilities. The study suggests that naturalistic navigation tests using continuous non-invasive monitoring devices could serve as early markers of spatial disorientation in patients with MCI due to AD. Future research should focus on developing cognitive remediation techniques to enhance residual spatial cognition abilities in high-risk patients. [Extracted from the article] |
