We report the neuropsychological and MRI investigation of a patient (GP) who developed a
selective impairment of spatial short-term memory (STM) following damage to the dorso�…

Background: Abnormalities of language expression and verbal working memory impairment
have been described in schizophrenic subjects. Purpose: To investigate the relationship�…

Eukaryotic cells undergo dramatic changes in cell shape during cell division. Although
tremendous advances have been made in our understanding of the mechanisms of how�…

Background and purpose 'Dancing‐like'semiology is extremely rare and described in few
case reports. It is characterized by rhythmic, oscillatory movements of the pelvis and/or limbs�…

The possibility of allocating attentional resources to the “global” shape or to the “local”
details of pictorial stimuli helps visual processing. Investigations with hierarchical Navon�…

We read with interest the article by M�ntynen et al. 1 who showed that computer-based short-
term strategy-oriented cognitive rehabilitation (CR) does not improve cognitive functions but�…

francesco tomaiuolo, marco iacoboni, m. altieri, vittorio di piero, carlo pozzilli, gian l. lenzi,
and carlo a. marzi abstract The serial information-processing model (see Chapter 12 in this�…

Neglect is a severe neuropsychological/neurological deficit that usually develops due to
lesions of the posterior inferior parietal area of the right hemisphere and is characterized by�…

Individuals with acquired brain injuries (ABIs) may experience various complications related
to poor coughing or impaired cough reflex (including risk of aspiration pneumonia or�…

In this paper we present the case of a child with early left thalamic vascular damage who
subsequently developed a language disorder. At 3 years and 8 months, her language was�…