Tag: anosognosia for hemiplegia

“Our” recently graduated physiotherapists

Our students successfully defended their theses: all of them graduated with honors! Congratulations to (in alphabetical order): Edoardo Bongiovanni Giulia Caffini Gianluca Dalla Chiusa Ilaria Dus Annica Stanzial Good luck for the future!

Modulating Anosognosia for hemiplegia: the role of dangerous actions in emergent awareness

Authors:   D. D’Imperio, C. Bulgarelli, S. Bertagnoli, R. Avesani, V. Moro Abstract Anosognosia for hemiplegia is a lack of awareness of motor deficits following a right hemisphere lesion. Residual forms of awareness co-occur with an explicit denial of hemiplegia.…

Next Seminar: “Percezione della temporalità dell’azione nei pazienti cerebrolesi destri”

The seminar will be held 12 January at the T02 Laboratory of psychology for adult age, at the Department of Human Sciences at the University of Verona. The speaker will be Valentina Pacella, Ph.D. student at the University of Roma “La Sapienza”. The meeting will be…

Motor Versus Body Awareness: Voxel-based Lesion Analysis in Anosognosia for Hemiplegia and Somatoparaphrenia Following Right Hemisphere Stroke

Authors Valentina Moro, Simone Pernigo, Manos Tsakiris, Renato Avesani, Nicola M.J. Edelstyn, Paul M. Jenkinson Aikaterini Fotopoulou Abstract Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) is informative about the neurocognitive basis of motor awareness. However, it is frequently associated with concomitant symptoms, such…

Next Seminar: “Perspectives of the Self: Multisensory and Sensorimotor Integration in Anosognosia for Hemiplegia and Related Disorders”

The seminar will be held Wednesday 27 January at the Lorenzi Room, at the Department of Philosophy, Education and Psycholody at the University of Verona. The speaker will be professor Aikaterini Fotopoulou, member of the Psychoanalysis Unit Research at the…

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…