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Progressive knowledge loss: a longitudinal case study.

Sara Mondini·Francesca Borgo·Biagio Cotticelli·Patrizia Bisiacchi
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The evolution of the progressive loss of semantic knowledge of a patient, VZ, with lesions mainly affecting the infero-medial temporal lobes, was followed for two years. At the beginning of the study VZ's performance was mainly characterized by a category-specific deficit for living things and a modality-specific deficit for perceptual attribute knowledge. As time went on, VZ's disorder affected all categories by changing the relationship between category and attribute knowledge. Data show that dissociations may change in the course of progressive cognitive breakdown, depending on both degeneration stage and task demands. VZ's performance is discussed in the light of the most influential theoretical accounts. Methodological suggestions regarding longitudinal studies of degenerative patients are also put forward.

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Sara Mondini, Francesca Borgo, Biagio Cotticelli, Patrizia Bisiacchi. 2006. Progressive knowledge loss: a longitudinal case study.. https://doi.org/10.1017/s135561770606036x

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