Table of Contents

Contributors
Part I Historical Overview and Introduction
1. Historical Observations Relevant to the Study of Anosognosia
George P. Prigatano

Part II Anosognosia of Motor and Language Impairments
2. Anosognosia for Hemiplegia and Models of Motor Control: Insights from Lesion Data and Functional Imaging
Gabriella Bottini, Eraldo Paulesu, Martina Gandola, Lorenzo Pia, Paola Invernizzi, and Anna Berti
3. Anosognosia for Hemiparesis and Hemiplegia: Disturbed Sense of Agency and Body Ownership
Hans-Otto Karnath and Bernhard Baier
4. The Insular Cortex and Subjective Awareness
A.D. (Bud) Craig
5. Anosognosia and Anosodiaphoria of Weakness
Kenneth M. Heilman and Michal Harciarek
6. Anosognosia for Aphasia
Andrew Kertesz
7. Assessing Anosognosia for Motor and Language Impairments
Gianna Cocchini and Sergio Della Sala

Part III Anosognosia Observed in Various Brain Disorders
8. Anosognosia in Huntington's Disease
Daniel Tranel, Jane S. Paulsen, and Karen F. Hoth
9. Anosognosia in Parkinson's Disease
George P. Prigatano, Franziska Maier, and Richard S. Burns
10. Anosognosia in Alzheimer's Disease: Neuroimaging Correlates
Sergio E. Starkstein and Brian D. Power
11. Anosognosia and Alzheimer's Disease: Behavioral Studies
Alfred W. Kaszniak and Emily C. Edmonds
12. Anosognosia and Traumatic Brain Injury
George P. Prigatano
13. Anosognosia in Schizophrenia and Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Similarities and Differences
James Gilleen, Kathryn Greenwood, and Anthony S. David

Part IV Anosognosia and Specific Cognitive and Affective Disturbances
14. Anosognosia and Personality Change in Neurodegenerative Disease
Katherine P. Rankin
15. Anosognosia and Error Processing in Various Clinical Disorders
Ian H. Robertson
16. Emotional Awareness Among Brain Damaged Patients
Ricardo E. Jorge

Part V Anosognosia and Hysteria
17. Neuroanatomy of Impaired Body Awareness in Anosognosia and Hysteria: A Multi-Component Account
Roland Vocat and Patrik Vuilleumier

Part VI Measurement Issues and Technology
18. FMRI of Self Appraisal
Sterling C. Johnson and Michele L. Ries
19. The Behavioral Measurement of Anosognosia as a Multifaceted Phenomenon
M. Donata Orfei, Carlo Caltagirone, and Gianfranco Spalletta

Part VII Anosognosia and Visual Loss
20. Anton's Syndrome and Unawareness of Partial and Complete Blindness
George P. Prigatano and Thomas Wolf

Part VIII Advances in the Study of Anosognosia
21. A Progress Report on the Study of Anosognosia
George P. Prigatano
22. Management and Rehabilitation of Persons with Anosognosia and Impaired Self-Awareness
George P. Prigatano and Jeannine Morrone-Strupinsky

About the Author

Chairman, Section of Neuropsychology, and Director, Postdoctoral Training Program in Clinical Neuropsychology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Reviews

This book is an absorbing and inclusive examination of anosognosia in all its
behavioral and neuroanatomical facets. It is a crucial resource for clinicians
involved in the assessment and treatment of individuals with anosognosia. 5 Stars! - Doodys