Dissociation between preserved body structural description and impaired body image following a pediatric spinal trauma. Issue 2 (4th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salvato, Gerardo; Peviani, Valeria; Scarano, Elisa; Scarpa, Pina; Leo, Alessandra; Redaelli, Tiziana; Spinelli, Michele; Sberna, Maurizio; Bottini, Gabriella
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 23:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 149
• Page End: 153
• Publication Date: 2017-03-04
• Subjects: Body representation -- spinal cord injury -- children; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2017.1332227
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

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..