Authors Moro V, Berlucchi G, Lerch J, Tomaiuolo F, Aglioti SM. Abstract There is a vigorous debate as to whether visual perception and imagery share the same neuronal networks, whether the primary visual cortex is necessarily involved in visual imagery, and whether visual imagery…
Finger recognition and gesture imitation in Gerstmann’s syndrome.
Authors Moro V, Pernigo S, Urgesi C, Zapparoli P, Aglioti SM. Abstract We report the association between finger agnosia and gesture imitation deficits in a right-handed, right-hemisphere damaged patient with Gerstmann’s syndrome (GS), a neuropsychological syndrome characterized by finger and toe agnosia, left-right disorientation…
Mapping implied body actions in the human motor system.
Authors Urgesi C, Moro V, Candidi M, Aglioti SM. Abstract The human visual system is highly tuned to perceive actual motion as well as to extrapolate dynamic information from static pictures of objects or creatures captured in the middle of motion. Processing of…
Suggestive evidence for an involvement of the right hemisphere in the recovery from childhood aphasia: a 3-year follow-up case study.
Authors Peru A, Moro V, Tellini P, Tassinari G. Abstract We describe the case of an 11-year-old, previously healthy, pre-puberal, right-handed girl with acquired aphasia following an extensive cerebral hemorrhage into a left hemisphere brain tumor. A 3-year follow-up evaluation of the girl’s…
Gravitational influences on reference frames for mapping somatic stimuli in brain-damaged patients.
Authors Peru A, Moro V, Sattibaldi L, Morgant JS, Aglioti SM. Abstract Previous studies have shown that the manipulation of body position in space can modulate the manifestations of visual neglect. Here, we investigated in right brain-damaged patients (RBD) the possible influence of gravitational…
Changes in spatial position of hands modify tactile extinction but not disownership of contralesional hand in two right brain-damaged patients.
Authors Moro V, Zampini M, Aglioti SM. Abstract Somatic misperceptions and misrepresentations, like supernumerary phantom limb and denial of ownership of a given body part, have typically been reported following damage to the right side of the brain. These symptoms typically occur…