title: What's inside the art? The influence of frontotemporal dementia in art production.
abstract: We evaluated the productions of an artist with frontotemporal lobar degeneration from before dementia onset until she was fully symptomatic. We noted an improvement of technique that might be related to sparing and disinhibition of the right posterior neocortex. There was a reduction of closure (completeness of the painting), possibly induced by impersistence and a decrease in evocative impact that might be explained by frontal and anterotemporal-limbic dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida and Department of Veteran Affairs, Malcolm Randall Medical Center, , Gainesville, FL 32610-0236, USA. valeria.drago@neurology.ufl.edu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trifiletti
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: FitzGerald
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kluger
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Crucian
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Heilman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003405:Creativity; D003704:Dementia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010151:Paintings / Q000145:classification*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis