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Visuospatial Ability

Meaning

Visuospatial Ability is a complex cognitive function encompassing the capacity to perceive, analyze, synthesize, manipulate, and mentally transform visual patterns and spatial relationships. This executive function is critical for tasks ranging from navigation and depth perception to complex problem-solving and mental rotation of objects. In the context of hormonal health, visuospatial ability is recognized as a function that can be significantly influenced by circulating levels of sex steroid hormones, particularly testosterone and estrogen, due to their neuromodulatory effects on specific brain regions like the parietal cortex. Changes in this ability can be a subtle indicator of hormonal fluctuations or cognitive decline.