Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 1031-1036 , September 2010

The closing-in phenomenon in the drawing performance of Alzheimer's disease patients: A compensation account

  • Laura Serra

      Affiliations

    • Neuroimaging Laboratory, Foundation IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Lucia Fadda

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Behavioural Neurology, Foundation IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Roberta Perri

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Behavioural Neurology, Foundation IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Carlo Caltagirone

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Behavioural Neurology, Foundation IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovanni A. Carlesimo

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Behavioural Neurology, Foundation IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Clinical and Behavioural Neurology, Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Santa Lucia, Via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Rome, Italy.

Received 23 March 2009 ,Revised 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 28 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.08.010

Cortex
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