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Alessandro Iavarone
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The Frontal Assessment Battery 20 years later: normative data for a shortened version (FAB15)
The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a neuropsychological tool largely used to assess executive functions. Prior studies found a marked ceiling effect for the prehension behavior subtest (PBT) in healthy an...
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Open AccessNeuropsychology of posteromedial parietal cortex and conversion factors from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s disease: systematic search and state-of-the-art review
In the present review, we discuss the rationale and the clinical implications of assessing visuospatial working memory (VSWM), awareness of memory deficits, and visuomotor control in patients with mild cogniti...
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Psychometric properties of the STAI-Y scales and normative data in an Italian elderly population
Early detection of anxiety symptoms in older people is capital as it may be linked to increased physical/functional disabilities, onset and progression of neurodegenerative disorders, and poor cognitive functi...
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Italian version of the Starkstein Apathy Scale (SAS-I) and a shortened version (SAS-6) to assess “pure apathy” symptoms: normative study on 392 individuals
The present normative study aimed to (1) develop the Italian version of the Starkstein Apathy Scale (SAS-I) and (2) construct a shortened version including only the most sensitive items to “pure apathy” experi...
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Open AccessPosterior Cortical Atrophy phenotype in a GBA N370S mutation carrier: a case report
Glucocerebrosidase (GBA) heterozygous variants are the most important genetic risk factor for the development of alpha-synucleinopathies (i.e., Parkinson’s disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies). Herein, we repor...
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Time of isolation, education and gender influence the psychological outcome during COVID-19 lockdown in caregivers of patients with dementia
To evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 emergency lockdown on the psychological outcome in caregivers of patients with dementia and on the loss of welfare services in these patients.
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Daily exposure to digital displays may affect the clock-drawing test: from psychometrics to serendipity
The clock-drawing test (CDT) is a neuropsychological screening tool largely used to explore cognitive functioning. It requires participants to draw an analog clock face. Many studies have reported a good corre...
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Mini-Mental State Examination: new normative values on subjects in Southern Italy
The aims of the present study were: (a) to obtain new normative data of the Italian version of the Mini-Mental Examination State (MMSE) (Measso et al. in Dev Neuropsychol 9:77–85, 1993) by administering the tool ...
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The Italian version of the quick mild cognitive impairment (Qmci-I) screen: normative study on 307 healthy subjects
To devise an Italian version of the quick mild cognitive impairment screen (Qmci) and to obtain normative data.
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Step length predicts executive dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease: a 3-year prospective study
Cognition and gait appear to be closely related. The chronological interplay between cognitive decline and gait dysfunction is not fully understood. The aim of the present prospective study is investigating wh...
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Manual asymmetry for temporal and spatial parameters in sensorimotor synchronization
Previous studies suggest a right hemisphere advantage for temporal processing and a left hemisphere advantage for planning of motor actions. In the present study, we studied sensorimotor synchronization of han...
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Qualitative patterns at Raven’s colored progressive matrices in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease
Visuo-spatial and problem-solving abilities are commonly impaired in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Conversely, subjects with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) do not exhibit overt involvement...
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Brief Report: Two Day-Date Processing Methods in an Autistic Savant Calendar Calculator
Special ability in computing the day of week for given dates was observed in a 24 year-old male (FB) diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. FB performed almost flawlessly (98.2 %) both with past and future dates, ...
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Early-onset frontotemporal dementia presenting with pathological gambling
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Short-latency afferent inhibition in patients with Parkinson’s disease and freezing of gait
Freezing of gait (FOG) is one of the most common gait disturbances in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recently, a PET study has documented that PD patients with FOG display cholinergic deficits selecti...
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Age-related differences in distractor interference on line bisection
Using a bisection paradigm, we investigated age-related differences in susceptibility to distractor interference. Older and younger participants were asked to bisect a horizontal line flanked by a pair of dist...
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Flanker interference effects in a line bisection task
Previous studies have shown that flanking distractors influence line bisection. In the present study, we examined if reaching the flanker after bisecting the line resulted in a variation of flanker interferenc...
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The use of University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in Italy
Hyposmia is a common finding in Parkinson’s disease (PD). The 40-item University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT-40) has been adapted and administered in several countries as a diagnostic too...
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Effect of a visual distractor on line bisection
Previous studies have shown that a flanking distractor produces a spatial bias during line bisection. In the present study, we investigated whether that bias depends on perceptual or motor components. Particip...
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Dysexecutive performance of healthy oldest old subjects on the Frontal Assessment Battery
Background and aims: Frontal lobes and executive functions appear to be more vulnerable to normal aging than other cerebral regions and domains. The aim of the study was to evaluate executive fun...
