Universität zu Köln

Barddakan, Michella ORCID: 0000-0002-1959-4123 (2024). Investigation into the cognitive underpinnings of apraxia: insights from motor working memory and pantomiming object use. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

The central objective of this PhD thesis is to provide new insights that enhance the current understanding of the intricate cognitive mechanisms that contribute to the disorder of apraxia following stroke to the left hemisphere (LH), as well as to identify their potential neuroanatomical correlates. The PhD thesis specifically focuses on the contribution of cognitive processes associated with the two, recently added components of the cognitive praxis model (Gonzalez Rothi et al., 1991), namely working memory (Bartolo et al., 2003) and visuospatial processing (Randerath, 2009). An additional, yet pivotal, objective of this PhD thesis is assessing and evaluating the effects of aphasia, commonly concomitant with apraxia, on the investigated cognitive processes. Importantly, the ultimate aspired goal of the presented research is to pave the ground for translating the insights acquired in the reported studies into clinical applications and thereby helping to improve diagnostic tools and rehabilitation methods for patients with apraxia. To achieve these objectives, the thesis will present and analyze findings from two distinct experimental studies involving patients with apraxia following stroke to the LH.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Barddakan, Michella UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1959-4123 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-732750
Date:	2024
Publisher:	Grafische Medien, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Place of Publication:	Jülich
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	Medical sciences Medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language apraxia English motor working memory English visuospatial processing English
Date of oral exam:	27 June 2024
Referee:	Name Academic Title Vogeley, Kai Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian, Grefkes Prof. Dr. med.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/73275