Where Am I? A new case of developmental topographical disorientation

• Published in: Journal of neuropsychology Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 107 - 124
• Main Authors: Bianchini, Filippo, Palermo, Liana, Piccardi, Laura, Incoccia, Chiara, Nemmi, Federico, Sabatini, Umberto, Guariglia, Cecilia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Leicester Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2014; British Psychological Society
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Cerebral Cortex - pathology; Confusion - diagnosis; Confusion - physiopathology; Disease Progression; Humans; Imagination; Intelligence Tests; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Memory Disorders - etiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Orientation - physiology; Perceptual Disorders - diagnosis; Perceptual Disorders - etiology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Space Perception; Case study; Human; Navigation; Cognitive disorder; Young adult; Spatial orientation; Spatial disorientation; Developmental disorder

Recently, developmental topographical disorientation (DTD) was described (Bianchini et al., 2010, J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 20, 807–27; Iaria & Barton, 2010, Exp Brain Res, 206, 189–96; Iaria, Bogod, Fox, & Barton, 2009, Neuropsychologia, 47, 30–40) as a navigational deficit in the absence of...