Tool use in left brain damage and Alzheimer's disease: What about function and manipulation knowledge?

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Abstract

Tool use disorders are usually associated with difficulties in retrieving function and manipulation knowledge. Here, we investigate tool use (Real Tool Use, RTU), function (Functional Association, FA) and manipulation knowledge (Gesture Recognition, GR) in 17 left-brain-damaged (LBD) patients and 14 AD patients (Alzheimer disease). LBD group exhibited predicted deficit on RTU but not on FA and GR while AD patients showed deficits on GR and FA with preserved tool use skills. These findings question the role played by function and manipulation knowledge in actual tool use.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Neuropsychol

Title: Journal of neuropsychology

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Electronic): 1748-6653

ISSN (Print): 1748-6645

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2016

Volume: 10

Issue: 1

Affiliations

[1 ] Laboratory of Psychology LPPL (EA 4638), University of Angers, France.

[2 ] Laboratory for the Study of Cognitive Mechanisms (EA 3082), University of Lyon, France.

[3 ] French Universitary Institute, Paris, France.

[4 ] Neuropsychological Unit, Neurological Hospital Pierre Wertheimer, Bron, France.

[5 ] Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Angers, France.

[6 ] Neuropsychological Unit, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Angers, France.

Article

DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12097

PubMed ID: 26765078

SO-VID: e09929e9-7139-4931-a36d-c28dc7b5cef5

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Keywords: tool use,Alzheimer's disease,apraxia,function knowledge,left brain damage,manipulation knowledge

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Keywords: tool use, Alzheimer's disease, apraxia, function knowledge, left brain damage, manipulation knowledge

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