Motor awareness: a model based on neurological syndromes

V Pacella, V Moro - Brain Structure and Function, 2022 - Springer
Motor awareness is a complex, multifaceted construct involving the awareness of both (i)
one's motor state while executing a movement or remaining still and (ii) one's motor abilities …

The representation of objects in apraxia: From action execution to error awareness

L Canzano, M Scandola, V Gobbetto… - Frontiers in human …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Apraxia is a well-known syndrome characterized by the sufferer's inability to perform routine
gestures. In an attempt to understand the syndrome better, various different theories have …

The Motor Unawareness Assessment (MUNA): A new tool for the assessment of Anosognosia for hemiplegia

V Moro, S Besharati, M Scandola… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) is a condition in which patients with
paralysis are unaware of their motor deficits. Research into AHP is important for improving …

Modulating anosognosia for hemiplegia: The role of dangerous actions in emergent awareness

D D'Imperio, C Bulgarelli, S Bertagnoli, R Avesani… - Cortex, 2017 - Elsevier
Anosognosia for hemiplegia is a lack of awareness of motor deficits following a right
hemisphere lesion. Residual forms of awareness co-occur with an explicit denial of …

[HTML][HTML] The 'healthy side'of anosognosia for hemiplegia: Increased sense of agency for the unimpaired limb or motor compensation?

G Cocchini, M Scandola, V Gobbetto, MC Cioffi… - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Anosognosic patients show a lack of awareness for their hemiplegia coupled with
a distorted sense of agency for the actions performed by the plegic limbs. Since …

Alien hand syndrome: Pathophysiology, semiology and differential diagnosis with psychiatric disorders

MC Manea, FP Iliuta, M Manea… - Biomedical …, 2024 - spandidos-publications.com
Alien hand syndrome (AHS) is an uncommon neurological condition characterized by
involuntary, yet seemingly purposeful, movements of a limb, typically an upper extremity …

Anticipation of wheelchair and rollerblade actions in spinal cord injured people, rollerbladers, and physiotherapists

M Scandola, SM Aglioti, R Avesani, G Bertagnoni… - PLoS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Embodied Cognition Theories (ECT) postulate that higher-order cognition is heavily
influenced by sensorimotor signals. We explored the active role of somatosensory afferents …

Illusory hand movements in the absence of asomatognosia, spatial neglect and anosognosia for hemiplegia.

M Beccherle, V Gobbetto, S Bertagnoli… - Cortex: A Journal …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Illusory limb movements (ILMs) represent a form of confabulation, namely, an erroneous
statement that a person makes with apparent conviction and without the intention to deceive …

Back in control of intentional action: Improvement of ideomotor apraxia by mirror box treatment

D Romano, G Tosi, V Gobbetto, P Pizzagalli… - Neuropsychologia, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives A novel method of rehabilitation for ideomotor apraxia (IMA), using a modified
version of the mirror box (MB), is proposed. The rationale is based on the theory that …

Case report: good prognosis of mixed alien hand syndrome by verbal-Cue rehabilitation exercise

K Qu, L Gan, W Jiang, P Yu, M Dong - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mixed alien hand syndrome is a rare disease reported in the literature. The mixed callosal–
frontal variant of alien hand syndrome is associated with uncoordinated hand movements …