Citation

Salvato G, Peviani V, Scarano E, Scarpa P, Leo A, Redaelli T, Spinelli M, Sberna M, Bottini G. Neurocase 2017; 23(2): 149-153.

Affiliation

NeuroMI , Milan Centre for Neuroscience , Milan , Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13554794.2017.1332227

PMID

28548027

Abstract

In adult patients, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) may influence the mental Body Representation (BR). Currently, there is no evidence on the modulation of SCI on BR during early stages of cognitive development. Here, we investigated BR in a 3-year-old child with complete SCI. The patient was administered with a specific battery assessing different BR components. We found evidence for putative classical neuropsychological dissociation between a preserved topological map with impaired semantic knowledge of the body. This finding sheds new light on the impact of SCI on BR in childhood, as well as on the level of interdependence between BR's components..

Language: en

Keywords

Body representation; children; spinal cord injury