Developmental topographical disorientation: Case one

• Published in: Neuropsychologia Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 30 - 40
• Main Authors: Iaria, Giuseppe, Bogod, Nicholas, Fox, Christopher J., Barton, Jason J.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - pathology; Brain Mapping; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive map; Confusion - pathology; Confusion - physiopathology; Confusion - psychology; Environment; Female; fMRI; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical sciences; Memory; Navigation; Neuropsychological Tests; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Orientation - physiology; Oxygen - blood; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychomotor Performance; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Spatial Behavior - physiology; Topographical orientation; Cognitive map; fMRI; Topographical orientation; Navigation; Memory; Human; Cognitive disorder; Spatial orientation; Cognition; Space perception; Developmental disorder; Orientation; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Case study; Topography; Functional imaging

Topographical disorientation is the inability to orient within the environment, usually acquired from lesions to different cerebral regions participating in the attentional, perceptual or memory functions involved during navigation. We present the first case of a patient with topographical disorient...