Neuropsychological and Virtual Reality Assessment in Topographical Disorientation
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Department of Human Science, University of Bergamo, Italy
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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Italy
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3
ATNP - Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
Although literature doesn’t provide an unique explanation, the importance of hippocampus for human topographical learning and orientation is assumed as clear by most of the authors. There is considerable evidence that the hippocampus is necessary for acquiring cognitive maps of allocentric space, which includes topographical knowledge of large-scale real environments. This study aimed to investigate neuropsychological and behavioural characteristics of topographical disorientation in a 71 years old patient, affected by an ischemic bilateral occipital lesion involving the hippocampus. Several assessment methods have been involved: neuropsychological test, paper and pencil test for the evaluation of topographical abilities and a Virtual Reality tool. Experimental evidences for the value of an integrated evaluation approach in underlying spatial orientation difficulties are provided.
Keywords:
Decision Making
Conference:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, 21 Jun - 23 Jun, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Abstracts
Citation:
Carelli
L,
Rusconi
M,
Mattioli
F,
Stampatori
C,
Morganti
F and
Riva
G
(2009). Neuropsychological and Virtual Reality Assessment in Topographical Disorientation.
Front. Neuroeng.
Conference Abstract:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.14.2009.06.018
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Received:
23 Mar 2009;
Published Online:
23 Mar 2009.
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Correspondence:
Laura Carelli, Department of Human Science, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, .laura.carelli@unibg.it