Executive functions in a virtual world: a study in Parkinson's disease.
In Parkinson's disease executive functions are altered. We used a Virtual Reality version of the Multiple Errand Test in order to evaluate decision-making ability in 12 patients and 14 controls. Patients with Parkinson's disease, even if not-demented, showed strategies full of errors, suggesting that impulse control disorder, very frequent in course of disease, could precede cognitive dysfunctions.
Albani
Giovanni
G
Department of Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Piancavallo-Verbania, Italy. g.albani@auxologico.it
Raspelli
Simona
S
Carelli
Laura
L
Morganti
Francesca
F
Weiss
Patrice L
PL
Kizony
Rachel
R
Katz
Noomi
N
Mauro
Alessandro
A
Riva
Giuseppe
G
D003657:Decision Making; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; D056344:Executive Function; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014584:User-Computer Interface