Categoria: Agnosia

Recovery from tactile agnosia: a single case study

Authors: Daniela D’Imperio, Renato Avesani, Elena Rossato, Serena Aganetto, Michele Scandola & Valentina Moro Abstract In a patient suffering from tactile agnosia a comparison was made (using the ABABAB paradigm) between three blocks of neuropsychological rehabilitation sessions involving off-line anodal…

A tDCS program for rehabilitation of Tactile Agnosia

This poster was presented at the Thirty-Third European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology, held in Bressanone, Italy, 25-30 January, 2015. Authors: D’Imperio D., Avesani R., Rossato M., Aganetto S., Moro V.

Anosognosia for apraxia: Experimental evidence for defective awareness of one’s own bucco-facial gestures

Authors Canzano L, Scandola M, Pernigo S, Aglioti SM, Moro V. Abstract Anosognosia is a multifaceted, neuro-psychiatric syndrome characterized by defective awareness of a variety of perceptuo-motor, cognitive or emotional deficits. The syndrome is also characterized by modularity, i.e. deficits…

The neural basis of body form and body action agnosia.

Authors Moro V, Urgesi C, Pernigo S, Lanteri P, Pazzaglia M, Aglioti SM. Abstract Visual analysis of faces and nonfacial body stimuli brings about neural activity in different cortical areas. Moreover, processing body form and body action relies on distinct neural substrates. Although brain lesion studies show specific face…