Spatial representations, distortions and alterations in the graphic and artistic production of brain-damaged patients and of famous artists

Berti, Anna and Cappa, Stefano F. and Folegatti, Alessia (2007) Spatial representations, distortions and alterations in the graphic and artistic production of brain-damaged patients and of famous artists. Functional Neurology; New Trends in Interventional Neurosciences, 22 (4). pp. 243-256. ISSN 1971-3274

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Abstract

The authors review the drawing disorders that can be observed in patients with brain damage (in particular, those with constructional apraxia and unilateral spatial neglect), the impact of brain damage on the output of professional artists, and the distortions of body image that characterise the work of many great artists, from Rubens to Lucien Freud. These different perspectives share the basic assumption that the graphic and artistic output of patients, normal subjects, and exceptionally gifted individuals may represent a window onto the neural organisation of body image

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	anosognosia, body image, body schema, constructional apraxia, dysmorphophobia, unilateral neglect
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.8 Malattie del sistema nervoso e disturbi mentali (Classificare qui la Neuropsichiatria, la Neurologia) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.8 Malattie del sistema nervoso e disturbi mentali (Classificare qui la Neuropsichiatria, la Neurologia) > 616.89 Disturbi psichici (Classificare qui Psicologia patologica e clinica, Psichiatria, Psichiatria computazionale, Neuropsicologia, il comportamento anormale comparato degli animali, le psicosi) (Include le manifestazioni dei disturbi mentali)
Depositing User:	Danilo Dezzi
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2012 14:03
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2012 14:03
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3743

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