Travel Planning Ability in Right Brain-Damaged Patients: Two Case Reports

• Published in: Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 14; p. 117
• Main Authors: Bocchi, Alessia, Palmiero, Massimiliano, Boccia, Maddalena, Di Vita, Antonella, Guariglia, Cecilia, Piccardi, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 31.03.2020; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Apraxia; Brain; Brain injury; Case reports; Human Neuroscience; Medical imaging; Memory; Navigation behavior; navigational impairments; navigational planning; Neglect syndromes; Planning; right brain lesions; spatial navigation; Studies; Travel; travel planning; navigational planning; planning; spatial navigation; navigational impairments; right brain lesions; travel planning; topographical orientation

Planning ability is fundamental for goal-directed spatial navigation. Preliminary findings from patients and healthy individuals suggest that travel planning (TP)-namely, navigational planning-can be considered a distinct process from visuospatial planning (VP) ability. To shed light on this distinc...