title: Executive functions in a virtual world: a study in Parkinson's disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Piancavallo-Verbania, Italy. g.albani@auxologico.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Albani
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raspelli
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carelli
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morganti
authors.forename: Patrice L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kizony
authors.forename: Noomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riva
mesh_terms: 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