caa a22 4500 445810998 CHVBK 20180317145211.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00415-011-6058-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00415-011-6058-1 The neuropsychological correlates of pathological lying: evidence from behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia [Elektronische Daten] [Michele Poletti, Paolo Borelli, Ubaldo Bonuccelli] To assess the neuropsychological bases of deception in a case of pathological lying. Pathological lying describes a clinical picture in which an individual repeatedly and apparently compulsively tells false stories. Developmental studies and neuroimaging studies suggested that executive functions and Theory of Mind are necessary for deception and that a dysfunctional prefrontal cortex may be involved in pathological lying. A patient presenting a pattern of behavioral alterations, including pathological lying, underwent a neurological, neuroradiological, neuropsychiatric, and neuropsychological examination. Psychopathological symptoms and cognitive deficits (executive functions and Theory of Mind) were suggestive of a behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), while the lack of prefrontal hypometabolism was suggestive of a bvFTD phenocopy syndrome. This first observation of pathological lying as a symptom of bvFTD contributes to characterize its spectrum of psychopathological features. Moreover, this clinical case contributed to describe the possible neurocognitive deficits involved in the development of pathological lying. Further studies are needed to investigate how a prefrontal impairment affecting executive functions and Theory of Mind may cause a susceptibility to pathological lying. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Pathological lying nationallicence Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia nationallicence Executive functions nationallicence Theory of Mind nationallicence Compulsive disorders nationallicence Prefrontal cortex nationallicence Poletti Michele Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy aut Borelli Paolo Neurology Unit, Hospital of Viareggio, USL12 Toscana, Viareggio, Italy aut Bonuccelli Ubaldo Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy aut Journal of Neurology Springer-Verlag 258/11(2011-11-01), 2009-2013 0340-5354 258:11<2009 2011 258 415 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6058-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6058-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poletti Michele Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Borelli Paolo Neurology Unit, Hospital of Viareggio, USL12 Toscana, Viareggio, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bonuccelli Ubaldo Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Neurology Springer-Verlag 258/11(2011-11-01), 2009-2013 0340-5354 258:11<2009 2011 258 415 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer