The neural correlates of road sign knowledge and route learning in semantic dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Discussion and conclusions
For the first time, driving skills were explored in SD, and it is showed a differential profile from the one detected in AD. We demonstrate that the left anterior temporal cortex is implicated in road sign knowledge, while a distributed cortical network, including the frontal cortex, is likely to process route learning.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Luzzi, S., Cafazzo, V., Damora, A., Fabi, K., Fringuelli, F. M., Ascoli, G., Silvestrini, M., Provinciali, L., Reverberi, C. Tags: Dementia, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Stroke, Memory disorders (psychiatry), Psychiatry of old age, Radiology, Radiology (diagnostics) Cognitive neurology Source Type: research
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