Categoria: Neuropsychology

Next Seminar: Plasticità cerebrale e apprendiento della lettura

Prof. Valentina Moro will held a seminar concerning cerebral plasticity and learning to read at the “Istituto Comprensivo Roncalli”, the 9th of October, 2015.   Free entry, mandatory registration (info@neuroscienzerosa.it) Download the flier

Next Seminar: Come l’educazione cambia il cervello

Prof. Valentina Moro, the 9th of October, 2015 at the “Istituto Comprensivo Roncalli” will participate to a conversation concerning the plasticity of brain structures and how its shaped by education. Free entry with mandatory registration (info@neuroscienzerosa.it). Download the flier

Cognitive Stimulation of Executive Functions in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Specific Efficacy and Impact in Memory.

Authors Moro V, Condoleo MT, Valbusa V, Broggio E, Moretto G, Gambina G. Abstract Executive functions play an important role in the maintenance of autonomy in day-to-day activities. Nevertheless, there is little research into specific cognitive training for Mild Cognitive…

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.

Simultagnosia nella Sindrome di Balint: uno studio sperimentale

This poster was presented at the Congresso Annuale Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia (SINP) 2014, held in Napoli, Italy, 23-24 October, 2014. Authors: D’Imperio D., Avesani R., Salgarello M., Bulgarelli C., Gobbetto V., Scandola M., Moro V.

Error-based training and emergent awareness in anosognosia for hemiplegia

Authors Moro V, Scandola M, Bulgarelli C, Avesani R, Fotopoulou A. Abstract Residual forms of awareness have recently been demonstrated in subjects affected by anosognosia for hemiplegia, but their potential effects in recovery of awareness remain to date unexplored. Emergent awareness refers…

Another perspective on anosognosia: Self-observation in video replay improves motor awareness.

Authors Besharati S, Kopelman M, Avesani R, Moro V, Fotopoulou AK. Abstract Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP), or unawareness of motor deficits contralateral to a brain lesion, has lasting negative implications for the management and rehabilitation of patients. A recent, bedside…

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…

Awareness of cognitive deficits and clinical competence in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: their relevance in clinical practice.

Authors Gambina G, Bonazzi A, Valbusa V, Condoleo M, Bortolami O, Broggio E, Sala F, Moretto G, Moro V. Abstract Awareness of cognitive deficits and clinical competence were investigated in 79 mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease patients. Awareness was assessed by the anosognosia questionnaire for dementia, and clinical…