A case of paroxysmal aphasia is reported. Aphasic spells occurred, in this patient, without
modification in consciousness and without involvement of behaviors others than those related …

The Bells Test, a cancellation task, permits a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of visual
neglect. The construction of the test allows for rapid visualization of the spatial distribution of …

The incidence of stroke and dementia are diverging across the world, rising for those in low-
and middle-income countries and falling in those in high-income countries. This suggests …

BACKGROUND: The ability to voluntarily self-regulate negative emotion is essential to a
healthy psyche. Indeed, a chronic incapacity to suppress negative emotion might be a key factor …

This book provides a critical review of the questions as well as the data pertaining to the
contribution of the right" non-dominant" hemisphere to verbal communication. Three main …

At the First WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia in March, 2015,
160 delegates, including representatives from 80 WHO Member States and four UN …

Background: Mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment, no dementia, are emerging
terms that encompass the clinical state between normal cognition and dementia in elderly …

Whereas there is ample evidence for a role of the amygdala in the processing of visual
emotional stimuli, particularly those with negative value, discrepant results have been reported …

Recent studies suggested a sensitivity of regions of the human superior temporal sulcus (STS)
to the sound of the human voice. However, the question of the species specificity of this …

This paper reports on wayfinding in dementia, in particular the ability to develop decision
plans for solving wayfinding problems in unfamiliar settings. Fourteen patients diagnosed as …