Since the classic papers of Kleist, Mayer Gross, and Critchley, constructional apraxia (CA) has been considered to be a typical sign of a parietal lobe lesion, and as a precious tool to appreciate the spatial abilities subserved by this lobe. However, the development of more sophisticated neuropsychologic models and methods of investigation has revealed several problematic aspects. It has become increasingly clear that CA is a heterogeneous construct that can be examined with very different tasks, that are only mildly interconnected, and tap various kinds of visuospatial, perceptual, attentional, planning, and motor mechanisms. On the basis of these considerations, the relationships between parietal lobe functions and constructional activities must be considered, taking into account on the one hand the heterogeneity of the tasks and of the cognitive functions requested by different kinds of constructional activities and, on the other hand, the plurality of functions and of processing streams linking different parts of the parietal lobes to the occipital and frontal lobes.

Gainotti, G., Trojano, L., Constructional apraxia, The Parietal Lobe, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam 2018 <<HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY>>, 151: 331-348. 10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00016-4 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/163630]

Constructional apraxia

Gainotti, Guido;
2018

Abstract

Since the classic papers of Kleist, Mayer Gross, and Critchley, constructional apraxia (CA) has been considered to be a typical sign of a parietal lobe lesion, and as a precious tool to appreciate the spatial abilities subserved by this lobe. However, the development of more sophisticated neuropsychologic models and methods of investigation has revealed several problematic aspects. It has become increasingly clear that CA is a heterogeneous construct that can be examined with very different tasks, that are only mildly interconnected, and tap various kinds of visuospatial, perceptual, attentional, planning, and motor mechanisms. On the basis of these considerations, the relationships between parietal lobe functions and constructional activities must be considered, taking into account on the one hand the heterogeneity of the tasks and of the cognitive functions requested by different kinds of constructional activities and, on the other hand, the plurality of functions and of processing streams linking different parts of the parietal lobes to the occipital and frontal lobes.
2018
Inglese
978-0-444-63622-5
Elsevier B.V.
151
Gainotti, G., Trojano, L., Constructional apraxia, The Parietal Lobe, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam 2018 <<HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY>>, 151: 331-348. 10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00016-4 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/163630]
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