title: Selective deficit of praxis imagery in ideomotor apraxia.
abstract: We studied imagery for learned, skilled movements (praxis imagery) in a patient with severe ideomotor apraxia and intact language abilities. This patient, who made predominantly spatial and movement errors when performing transitive movements demonstrating the use of tools (transitive gestures), was also impaired in her ability to answer imagery questions about joint movement or the spatial position of the hands during action. However, visual object imagery was spared. The finding of parallel praxis production and praxis imagery deficits in this patient suggests that the same representations used for gesture production are also activated during imagery of motor acts. Our findings also suggest that certain aspects of motor imagery may be dissociable from general object imagery.
authors.affiliation: Audiology and Speech Pathology Service, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ochipa
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Rapcsak
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Maher
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Rothi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Heilman
mesh_terms: D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D009068:Movement; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology