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authors:
  -
    firstname: "Susanne"
    lastname: "Ulrich"
    affiliation: "The Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), LMU Munich"
  -
    firstname: "Eva"
    lastname: "Grill"
    affiliation: "The Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), LMU Munich"
    id: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-7984"
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    firstname: "Virginia L."
    lastname: "Flanagin"
    affiliation: "The German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (DSGZ), LMU Munich"
    id: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6677-459X"

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title: "Who gets lost and why: A representative cross-sectional survey on sociodemographic and vestibular determinants of wayfinding strategies"

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  This respository contains the data, analysis files and supporting information for the article titled above.
  Disorientation and impaired wayfinding are often the first signs of neurodegenerative diseases. 
  Understanding the factors that affect wayfinding, is crucial in order to appropriately cope with 
  the ageing population.Here we examined the relevance of sociodemographic determinants and vestibular performance on 
  wayfinding strategies in a German representative sample. It is the first time that navigational strategies 
  are tested across the entire population. We demonstrate that gender, age, regional urbanization and 
  education were relevant sociodemographic determinants for wayfinding and that vestibular decrease, 
  measured by vertigo/dizziness and the self-assessment of sense of balance, led to reduced wayfinding ability 
  scores in general. In addition people either combine both wayfinding techniques or use no wayfinding strategy, 
  instead of choosing one strategy over the other. Contrary to findings from 30 years ago, younger individuals no 
  longer have a clear navigation strategy.  


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keywords:
  - wayfinding ability 
  - navigation
  - cognitive map 
  - vertigo 
  - dizziness 
  - representative sample 
  - German 

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    name: "Wayfinding and the vestibular system"