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A clinical study on closing-in in focal brain-damaged individuals.

J Neurol Sci

April 2016

Neuropsychology Lab, Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Viale Ellittico 31, 81100 Caserta, Italy; Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Rehabilitation Institute of Telese Terme (BN), Italy. Electronic address:

In visuo-constructional assessment, brain-damaged individuals may copy figures near to or superimposed on the model, showing the Closing-in (CI). CI has been largely investigated in dementia, and often ascribed to impairments of the attention/executive abilities ("Attraction hypothesis"). Only a few dated studies investigated frequency of CI in brain-damaged individuals, without clarifying the genesis of the phenomenon.

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