title: Visual and verbal styles in patients with cognitive deficits: a preliminary study.
abstract: This study aims to assess the relationships between the verbalizer-visualizer styles and visuospatial skills in 53 patients with acquired brain injury and consequent cognitive deficits. Results showed a high tendency to mentally visualize in patients with visuospatial neglect and a low tendency toward visualization in patients with attention and memory deficits. The verbalizer-visualizer style did not correlate to performance in perception and imagery visuospatial tasks. This study suggests that patients with neglect can benefit from an imagery training that some might believe to mismatch with the features of the patients' cognitive functioning.
authors.affiliation: Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Foundation, IRCCS Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Incorpora
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oliveri
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Genevini
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santagostino
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tettamanti
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antonietti
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Risoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014705:Verbal Behavior