Pantomimes are special gestures which rely on working memory

被引:79
作者
Bartolo, A
Cubelli, R
Della Sala, S
Drei, B
机构
[1] Univ Urbino, Ist Psicol, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
[2] Univ Aberdeen, Dept Psychol, Neuropsychol Res Grp, Aberdeen AB9 1FX, Scotland
关键词
apraxia; pantomimes; working memory; cognitive models;
D O I
10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00209-4
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The case of a patient is reported who presented consistently with overt deficits in producing pantomimes in the absence of any other deficits in producing meaningful gestures. This pattern of spared and impaired abilities is difficult to reconcile with the current layout of cognitive models for praxis. This patient also showed clear impairment in a dual-task paradigm, a test taxing the coordination aspect of working memory, though performed normally in a series of other neuropsychological measures assessing language, visuo-spatial functions, reasoning function, and executive function. A specific working memory impairment associated with a deficit of pantomiming in the absence of any other disorders in the production of meaningful gestures suggested a way to modify the model to account for the data. Pantomimes are a particular category of gestures, meaningful, yet novel. We posit that by their very nature they call for the intervention of a mechanism to integrate and synthesise perceptual inputs together with information made available from the action semantics (knowledge about objects and functions) and the output lexicon (stored procedural programmes). This processing stage conceived as a temporary workspace where gesture information is actively manipulated, would generate new motor programmes to carry out pantomimes. The model of gesture production is refined to include this workspace. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:483 / 494
页数:12
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