The ubiquity of tool use in human life has generated multiple lines of scientific and
philosophical investigation to understand the development and expression of humans' …

Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Limb apraxia is a group of higher order
motor disorders associated with greater disability and dependence after stroke. Original …

Aberrant performance of skilled action has long been noted in schizophrenia and relatedly,
recent reports have demonstrated impaired use, performance, and perception of hand …

Pantomime has a long tradition in clinical neuropsychology of apraxia. It has been much
more used by researchers and clinicians to assess tool-use disorders than real tool use …

The diagnosis of limb apraxia relies mainly on exclusion criteria (eg, elementary motor or
sensory deficits, aphasia). Due to the diversity of apraxia definitions and assessment …

While Liepmann was one of the first researchers to consider a relationship between skilled
manual actions (praxis) and language for tasks performed “freely from memory”, his primary …

The left supramarginal gyrus (SMG) is a critical structure in tool use actions, including such
simple acts as selection of appropriate grasps and, if necessary, their on-line corrections …

Left hemispheric cerebral stroke can cause apraxia, a motor cognitive disorder
characterized by deficits of higher-order motor skills such as the failure to accurately …

The term" apraxia" has been used to describe many different problems related to
impairments of skilled movements. The apraxias present themselves as a conglomerate of …

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the developed world and the primary cause of
adult disability. The most common site of stroke is the middle cerebral artery (MCA), an …