Definition: Topographical disorientation

Cortex ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
pp. 330
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Iaria ◽  
Ford Burles
Keyword(s):  
Topographical Disorientation

Developmental topographical disorientation in a healthy subject

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1563-1573 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Bianchini ◽  
C. Incoccia ◽  
L. Palermo ◽  
L. Piccardi ◽  
L. Zompanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Subject ◽  
Topographical Disorientation

Transient Topographical Disorientation

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gil-Néciga ◽  
R. Alberca ◽  
F. Boza ◽  
E. Montes ◽  
B. Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Topographical Disorientation

scholarly journals Recurrent transient heading disorientation heralding acute posterior cerebral artery (PCA) infarction

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. e000009
Author(s):  
Yong Chuan Chee ◽  
Beng Hooi Ong
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Cerebral Infarction ◽  
Cerebral Artery ◽  
Transient Ischaemic Attack ◽  
Posterior Cerebral Artery ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Unusual Presentation ◽  
Topographical Disorientation ◽  
Ischaemic Attack ◽  
The Right

ObjectiveHeading disorientation is a type of pure topographical disorientation. Reported cases have been very few and its underlying mechanism remains unclear. We report an unusual presentation of a 60-year-old man with recurrent transient heading disorientation heralding an acute posterior cerebral artery infarction.DesignCase report.ConclusionAcquired injury to the right retro-splenial region can result in a specific variant of topographical disorientation known as heading disorientation that may present as an atypical transient ischaemic attack-like symptom heralding acute cerebral infarction.

scholarly journals The Use of Virtual Environments for Survey Spatial Ability Evaluation in Topographical Disorientation

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 81-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Morganti ◽  
Maria Luisa Rusconi ◽  
Anna Paladino ◽  
Giuliano Geminiani ◽  
Antonella Carassa
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Spatial Tasks ◽  
Topographical Disorientation ◽  
Spatial Test ◽  
Selective Impairment

Due to their interactivity and to the sense of presence they afford, virtual environments constitute an interesting opportunity to study spatial cognition. In accordance with this perspective, we aimed to introduce a spatial test in virtual simulation in order to investigate the survey spatial ability in patients with topographical disorientation. To do this, we used the “planning in advance task” in a virtual environment that constitutes an effective procedure to experimentally evaluate survey maps. With this procedure we present the single case of a woman, with a right medial temporal lobe lesion, who shows a selective impairment in the acquisition of new spatial relationships. The patient’s performance in “planning in advance task” was compared with that of a control group made up of 40 female subjects matched for age and education. Results show how the patient revealed a significantly lower spatial performance when compared to the control group, demonstrating an inability to solve survey-type spatial tasks in complex virtual environments.

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