Johnen, Andreas; Bertoux, Maxime: Psychological and Cognitive Markers of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia–A Clinical Neuropsychologist's View on Diagnostic Criteria and Beyon [...]
Inhalt
- The Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for bvFTD
- Sources of Information to Evaluate the FTDC Criteria in a Clinical Setting
- Clinical-Neurological Examination
- Patient Anamnesis and Clinical Observations of Patients
- Caregiver Interviews and Standardized Questionnaires
- Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of the Current FTDC Criteria
- Cognitive Dysfunctions in bvFTD
- Executive Functions
- Response Inhibition and Cognitive Flexibility
- Abstract Reasoning
- Initiation
- Strategic Reasoning (Multitasking, Planning Abilities)
- Working Memory and Attentional Control
- Memory, Episodic Future Thinking, and Spatial/Topographical Navigation
- Visuo-Spatial and Visuo-Construction Abilities
- Summary of Cognitive Dysfunctions in bvFTD as Stated in the FTDC Criteria
- Promising Cognitive and Psychological Markers for bvFTD Beyond Current Diagnostic Criteria
- Social and Affective Cognition
- Theory of Mind, Mental State-Inference
- Emotion Recognition, Responding, and Expressiveness
- Self-Related Representations and Agency
- Social Norms and Rules Processing Deficits
- Reward Processing Deficit and Affective Decision Making
- Symptomatic Behaviors of bvFTD and Social/Affective Cognition Impairments
- Clinical Assessment of Social and Affective Cognition
- Apraxia
- Apraxia and Impairment of Praxis Domains in Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Neural Substrates of Praxis Impairments
- Clinical Assessment of Praxis Impairments
- Interoception and its Potential Links With Social Cognition, Apraxia, and Behavioral Symptoms of bvFTD
- Conclusion, Challenges, and Outlook
- Author Contributions
- Funding
- References