Object recognition and object orientation in Alzheimer's disease

F Caterini, S Della Sala, H Spinnler, C Stangalino, O H Tumbull

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Abstract

There are a wide variety of neuropsychological deficits in Alzheimer's disease (AD), among which are disorders of visual perception and spatial cognition. The present study investigated the ability of 20 mildly to moderately deteriorated patients with AD (and 174 age- and education-matched controls) on tasks that required them to visually identify, provide the canonical orientation of, and mentally rotate common objects. Some 85% of the AD patients performed poorly on all tasks. The authors were able to identify a small number of individual patients whose pattern of performance represented double dissociations between recognizing objects and knowing their canonical orientation. These findings are interpreted in the context of previous findings, especially as to whether information relating to an object's orientation and identity is independently coded.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146-55
Number of pages10
JournalNeuropsychology
Volume16
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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