Nazwy własne a otępienie - ujęcie kliniczne

The subject of the study was an experiment to evaluate the ability to decode and locate toponyms and hydronymes on the map in dementia on vascular ethiopathogenesis. The experiment allowed to distinguish the levels of disturbances in the decoding ability of toponyms and hydronymes, depending on the depth of dementia. Dominant disturbances involve one component of visual-spatial gnosis - orientation on the map. The ability to correctly decode toponyms and hydronymes with distorted or abrogated mapping capabilities allows you to talk about a few independent paths for “searching” propria and their visual-spatial localization.