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| ArticleTitle | Body-specific information processes in a case of Autotopagnosia |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Natsuko Tsuruya1), Yoshitaka Ohigashi2) |
| Affiliation |
1) Applied Electronics Laboratory, Kanazawa Institute of Technology 2) Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 23 (3), 209-219, 2007 |
| Received | Mar 29, 2007 |
| Accepted | Jun 28, 2007 |
| Abstract | In this study, we explored a body-specific cognitive process in a case of Autotopagnosia. He could name body parts visually presented, so his semantic and visuo-spatial knowledge of body seemed to be spared. But when a target was given by tactile stimulation without visual input, his performance in naming task was defective. In pointing task, he showed impairment regardless of input modality of body parts and remarkable errors that reach for out of body space. In the present patient, AT is likely to be attributed to a deficit in the system that online code the dynamic location of body parts in egocentric framework. |
| Keywords | Autotopagnosia, body schema, pointing disorder, egocentric framework |
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