Finding my own way: an fMRI single case study of a subject with developmental topographical disorientation

Neurocase

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 573-583

  Nemmi, Federico ^a,b,c   Bianchini, Filippo ^a,b   Piras, Federica ^a   Péran, Patrice ^c   Palermo, Liana ^a,b   Piccardi, Laura ^a,d   Sabatini, Umberto ^a   Guariglia, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

developmental topographical disorientation; fMRI; landmark knowledge; spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOPOGRAPHICAL DISORIENTATION; DISORIENTATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL ACUITY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; SPATIAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931578151     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2014.960424     Document Type: Article

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