the ability to see and analyse objects in relation with their surroundings

A component of the Working memory model. It is used to hold visual memories, such as faces.

Gillian Rowe has written:

'Age and interference in visuospatial working memory'

Dementia arising from a dysfunction in an area of the brain beneath the Cerebral Cortex.

Characterised by symptoms such as:

Bradyphenia

Impairments of Executive Function

Visuospatial disturbances

Depression

Apathy

Vision reception is processed in the occipital lobe (at the back of the brain), with visuospatial processing occurring in the parietal lobe.