[1] Visuospatial skills are needed for movement, depth and distance perception, and spatial navigation.
[1] Impaired visuospatial skills can result in, for example, poor driving ability because distances are not judged correctly or difficulty navigating in space such as bumping into things.
[1] Visuospatial processing refers to the "ability to perceive, analyze, synthesize, manipulate and transform visual patterns and images".
[2] Visuospatial working memory (VSWM) is involved in recalling and manipulating images to remain oriented in space and keep track of the location of moving objects.
[2] Early impairment in visuospatial function is found in dementia with Lewy bodies and other conditions.