Scientific
production
Memory Disorders
Prosopagnosia
and
Familiar Person
Processing Disorders
Apraxia
Colour
Processing Disorders
Object
Recognition and
Spatial Processing Disorders.
Tachistoscopic Studies
in Healthy People
Intelligence
Cognitive Disorders
Traced back to
Frontal Lobe Damage
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Besides extensive
reviews of neuropsychological aspects and assessment tools of degenerative dementias, the
progressive thinning out of cortical neurons was early recognised as a potentially
fruitful natural experiment to answer basic cognitive questions. Neuropsychological
deficits from extra-cerebral origin are also listed herein.
Most important papers are marked with an asterisk.
Areas:
Assessments and
Clinical Issues
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Attention, Working Memory
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Spinnler
H (1985) Il decadimento demenziale: Inquadramento neurologico e neuropsicologico. Roma: Il
Pensiero Scientifico
Della Sala S, Nichelli P, Spinnler H (1986) An Italian series of patients with organic
dementia. The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences 7: 27-41
Spinnler H, Tognoni G (1987) Standardizzazione e taratura di test neuropsicologici. The
Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences 8, suppl 6: pp. 1-20 *
Capitani E, Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1986) Comparison of age- and dementia-dependent
cognitive modifications: a cross-sectional study with Alzheimer patients and normal
20-year-older controls. Functional Neurology 1: 235-244
Spinnler H, Della Sala S (1988) The role of clinical neuropsychology in the neurological
diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Neurology 235: 258-271
Capitani E, Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1990) Controversial neuropsychological issues in
Alzheimer’s disease: Influence of onset-age and hemispheric asymmetry of impairment.
Cortex 26: 133-145
Cossa F, Della Sala S, Musicco M, Spinnler H, Ubezio M (1997) Comparison of two scoring
systems on the Mini Mental State Examination as a screening test for dementia. Journal of
Epidemiology 50: 961-965
Capitani E, Manzoni L, Spinnler H (1997) Follow-up of 53 Alzheimer patients with the MODA
(Milan Overall Dementia Assessment) European Journal of Neurology 4: 237-239
Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1998) Echolalia in a case of progressive supranuclear palsy.
Neurocase 4: 155-165
Galante E, Muggia S, Spinnler H, Zuffi M (1999) Degenerative dementia of the frontal type:
Clinical evidence from 9 cases. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 10: 28-39 *
Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1999) Dementia: Definition and diagnostic approach. In: Denes F,
Pizzamiglio L (Eds.) Handbook of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. (pp
689-698) Hove: Psychology Press
Gentileschi V, Muggia S, Poloni M, Spinnler H (1999) Fronto-temporal dementia and motor
neuron disease: A neuropsychological study . Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 100: 341-349
Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1999) Slowly progressive isolated cognitive defects. In: Denes
F, Pizzamiglio L (Eds.) Handbook of clinical and experimental neuropsychology (pp
775-807): Hove: Pychology Press *
Spinnler H (1999) Alzheimer’s disease. In: Denes F, Pizzamiglio L (Eds.) Handbook of
clinical and experimental neuropsychology (pp 699-746) Hove: Psychology Press *
Capitani E, Cazzaniga R, Francescani A, Spinnler H (2004) Cognitive deterioration in
Alzheimer’s disease: is the early course predictive of the later stages? Neurological
Sciences 25: 205-215
Brazzelli M, Capitani E, Della Sala S, Spinnler H, Zuffi M (1994) A neuropsychological
instrument adding to the description of patients with suspected cortical dementia: The
Milan Overall Dementia Assessment. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 57:
1510-1517 *
Cossa F, Della Sala S, Musicco M, Spinnler H, Ubezio MC (1999) The Milan Overall Dementia
Assessment and the Mini Mental State Examination compared: An epidemiological
investigation of dementia. European Journal of Neurology 6: 289-294
Della Sala S, Gentileschi V, Gray C, Spinnler H (2000) Intrusion errors in numerical
transcoding by Alzheimer patients. Neuropsychologia 38:768-777
Cazzaniga F, Francescani A, Saetti C, Spinnler H (2003) How to calculate a MMSE-score from
a MODA-score (and viceversa) in Alzheimer patients. Neurological Sciences 24: 261-267
Spinnler H (2005) Demenze: diagnostica prevalentemente clinico-neuropsicologica o
prevalentemente psicometrica? Annali dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità 41: 75-80 *
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Capitani E, Della Sala S, Lucchelli F, Soave P, Spinnler H
(1988) Perceptual attention in aging and dementia measured by Gottschaldt’s Hidden
Figure Test. Journal of Gerontology 43: 157-163
Alberoni M, Della Sala S, Pasetti C, Spinnler H (1988) Problem solving ability of
Parkinsonians. The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences 9: 35-43
Cossa F, Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1989) Selective visual attention in Alzheimer’s
and Parkinson’s patients: Memory- and data-driven control. Neuropsychologia 27:
887-892
Spinnler H (1991) The role of attention disorders in the cognitive breakdown of dementia.
In: Boller F, Grafman J (Eds.) Handbook of neuropsychology, vol V: Aging and dementia (pp
79-122). Amsterdam: Elsevier
Baddeley A, Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1991) The two-component hypothesis of memory deficit
in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 13:
372-380 *
Alberoni M, Baddeley A, Della Sala S, Logie R, Spinnler H (1992) Keeping track of
conversation: Impairments in Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Geriatric
Psychiatry 7: 639-646
Della Sala S, Laiacona M, Spinnler H, Ubezio C (1992) A cancellation test. Its reliability
in assessing attentional deficits in Alzheimer’s disease. Psychological Medicine 22:
885-901
Brazzelli M, Cocchini G, Della Sala S, Spinnler H (1994) Alzheimer patients show a
sensitivity decrement over time in a tonic alertness task. Journal of Clinical and
Experimental Neuropsychology 16:851-860
Della Sala S, Mac Pherson SE, Phillips LH, Sacco L, Spinnler H (2003) “How many
camels are there in Italy ?” Cognitive estimates standardised on the Italian
population. Neurological Sciences 24: 10-15
Cocchini G, Della Sala S, Logie R, Pagani R, Sacco L, Spinnler H (2004) Dual task effects
on walking while talking in Alzheimer disease. Revue Neurologique 160: 74-80
Della Sala S, Mac Pherson SE, Phillips LH, Sacco L, Spinnler H (2004) The role of semantic
knowledge on the cognitive estimation task: Evidence from Alzheimer’s disease and
healthy adult aging. Journal of Neurology 251:156-164Capitani E,
Francescani A, Spinnler H (2007) Are hallucinations and extrapyramidal signs associated
with a steeper cognitive decline in degenerative dementia patients? Neurological Sciences
28: 171-174
Spinnler, H. (2008) Il filo
d’Arianna tra farmaco e prescrittore. Scienza e Paranormale 82: 30-40
Bizzozero, I, Lucchelli, F, Saetyti, C, Spinnler, H.-“Personal
semantics” is spared in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. In preparation
Bizzozero,
I, Faglioni, P, Lucchelli, F, Saetti, C, Spinnler, H – Degenerative amnesia:
disentangling retriva and storage efficiency in memory deficits of past public events. In
preparation
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Language
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Neuropsychological Impairment of
Extra-Cerebral Origin
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Gavazzi
P, Luzzatti C, Spinnler H, Willmes K (1986) Sprachstörungen und
ihr Verlauf bei Alzheimer’schen Demenz. In: Ringelstein H (Ed.) Verhandlung der
deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Neurologie. Berlin: Springer
Bandera L, Della Sala S, Laiacona M, Luzzatti C, Spinnler H (1991) Generative associative
naming in dementia of Alzheimer’s type. Neuropsychologia 29: 291-304 *
Della Sala S, Lorenzi L, Spinnler H, Zuffi M (1993) Components in the breakdown of verbal
comunication in Alzheimer’s disease. Aphasiology 7: 285-300
Russo R, Spinnler H (1994) Implicit verbal memory in Alzheimer’s disease. Cortex
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Brancaccio D, Damasso R, Spinnler H, Sterzi R, Vallar G (1981)
Does chronic kindney failure lead to mental failure? A neuropsychological survey of
self-sufficient out-patients. Archives of Neurology 38: 727-758
Capitani E, Dalla Pria M, Doro G, Spinnler H (1983) Is memory impairment greater than
cognitive impairment in moderate chronic alcoholics? The Italian Journal of Nervous
Sciences 4: 443-449
Della Sala S, Donner CF, Sacco C, Spinnler H (1992) Does chronic lung failure lead to
cognitive failure? Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie 143:
343-354
Della Sala S, Lunghi A, Marini A, Nespoli A, Spinnler H (1992) Neuropsychological
evaluation of bleeding chirrotic patients. Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie,
Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie 143:355-369
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