Table 3 Performance of all children (age 8–17) on the navigation tasks, expressed by the percentage of participants performing at or below chance level and at perfect level. LM = landmark, LE = location egocentric, LA = location allocentric, PR = path route, PS = path survey.
From: Large-scale assessment of human navigation ability across the lifespan
Age group | % at or below chance level | % perfect score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LM | LE | LA | PR | PS | LM | LE | LA | PR | PS | |
8 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 23.3 | 15.1 | 30.1 | 34.2 | 0 | 11.0 | 20.5 | 15.1 |
9 | 5.8 | 18.6 | 32.6 | 17.4 | 25.6 | 39.5 | 1.2 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 9.3 |
10 | 5.1 | 24.2 | 26.3 | 18.2 | 23.2 | 42.4 | 0 | 13.1 | 15.2 | 11.1 |
11 | 3.6 | 21.4 | 23.8 | 17.9 | 29.8 | 41.7 | 0 | 8.3 | 21.4 | 9.5 |
12 | 2.2 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 16.3 | 14.1 | 39.1 | 1.1 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
13 | 3.6 | 19.6 | 35.7 | 10.7 | 19.6 | 41.1 | 0 | 12.5 | 21.4 | 8.9 |
14 | 7.1 | 25.7 | 24.8 | 8.0 | 23.0 | 48.7 | 2.7 | 16.8 | 23.0 | 9.7 |
15 | 4.7 | 9.4 | 23.4 | 7.8 | 17.2 | 45.3 | 0 | 26.6 | 37.5 | 10.9 |
16 | 3.8 | 18.5 | 20.7 | 8.7 | 28.3 | 35.9 | 1.6 | 20.1 | 31.0 | 9.8 |
17 | 2.9 | 18.4 | 23.0 | 10.9 | 19.0 | 44.8 | 0.6 | 18.4 | 27.0 | 9.2 |
18–24 | 2.2 | 20.3 | 16.5 | 8.3 | 21.3 | 46.0 | 2.0 | 19.6 | 29.0 | 10.7 |
