What's inside the art? The influence of frontotemporal dementia in art production

V. Drago; P. S. Foster; D. Trifiletti; D. B. FitzGerald; B. M. Kluger; G. P. Crucian; K. M. Heilman

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What's inside the art? The influence of frontotemporal dementia in art production

V. Drago, P. S. Foster, D. Trifiletti, D. B. FitzGerald, B. M. Kluger, G. P. Crucian, K. M. Heilman

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We evaluated the productions of an artist with frontotemporal lobar degeneration from before dementia onset until she was fully symptomatic. We noted an improvement of technique that might be related to sparing and disinhibition of the right posterior neocortex. There was a reduction of closure (completeness of the painting), possibly induced by impersistence and a decrease in evocative impact that might be explained by frontal and anterotemporal-limbic dysfunction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1285-1287
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurology
Volume	67
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000238439.77764.da
State	Published - Oct 2006

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