title: A critical review of closing-in.
abstract: When performing complex actions, like graphic copying or imitation of gestures, some patients may perform these actions very close to, or directly on the top of the model. This peculiar behavior, known as closing-in, is the focus of the present literature review, which will provide a critical picture of the research in this field, highlighting the difficulties in defining and assessing closing-in and the contrasting results about the nature and the characteristics of this phenomenon. Most importantly, we will discuss the 2 hypotheses proposed to explain closing-in, namely the compensation and the attraction account, in light of the most recent work. This critical review will provide substantial evidence that closing-in represent a primitive default tendency in which movements are attracted toward the focus of attention. On the other hand, the possibility that this interpretation might not be fully exhaustive and that different components of closing-in might exist will also be discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ambron
authors.affiliation: Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Della Sala
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D020240:Apraxia, Ideomotor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008182:Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology