Ricerc@Sapienza

Forty children with cerebral palsy (CP) and 120
typical developing children (TD) performed a topographic
working memory (WalCT) test requiring to move their body in
a walked vista-space and a visuo-spatial test (CBT) requiring
just reaching movements. WalCT score was significantly higher
in GMFCS II/III than in TD. CBT score was significantly
lower in GMFCS I than in III/IV but lower than TD in all CP
groups. Similar results in WalCT between GMFCS I and TD
and GMFCS II and III/IV respectively indicate that mobility is

Recently, several studies have highlighted the importance of topographical working memory in navigation. This was also supported by clinical evidence showing the presence of specific topographical working memory deficits in different types of pathologies that disrupt navigational skills (i.e., individuals affected by developmental topographical disorientation; patients treated surgically for a drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy; stroke patients; patients affected by Alzheimer Dementia).