title: Multidirectional transpositions suggesting pathologic approach behavior after frontal stroke.
abstract: The authors report a patient with a right frontal stroke who, despite the ability to draw clocks accurately from memory, translocated numbers on the inferior half of the dial to the superior half when copying a clock. In further graphic and verbal clock reproduction tasks, transpositions were always directed toward the model but disappeared in a delayed copying task. These findings appear to reflect an intentional disorder characterized by pathologic approach behavior.
authors.affiliation: Stazione Climatica Bianchi, Portici, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lepore
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conson
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trojano
mesh_terms: D001072:Apraxias / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology