Cognitive Bizarreness in the Dream and Waking Mentation of Nonpsychotic Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
Armando D’Agostino, Danilo de Gaspari, Angelo Antonini, Ilde Kantzas, Ivan Limosani, Maria Laura Manzone, Mauro Schiavella, Laura Paganini, Chiara Siri, Pietro Rizzi, Silvio Scarone
Journal of Neuropsychiatry October 1, 2010 DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2010.22.4.395 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cohort Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 20 |
| Population | Nonpsychotic patients with Parkinson's disease after treatment with prodopaminergic drugs |
| Intervention | prodopaminergic drugs |
| Citations | 8 |
| Key findings | Cognitive bizarreness levels were statistically overlapping in the waking fantasy and dream reports of Parkinson's disease patients, while almost no bizarreness was found in the waking cognition of the comparison group, suggesting it may be an inherent quality of cognition in these patients. |
Abstract
Cognitive bizarreness is a shared feature of the dream and waking mentation of acutely psychotic patients. The authors investigated this measure of the structural architecture of thought in the dream and waking mentation of 20 nonpsychotic patients with Parkinson's disease after treatment with prodopaminergic drugs. Statistically overlapping levels of cognitive bizarreness were found in the waking fantasy and dream reports of the Parkinson's disease population, whereas almost no bizarreness was found in the waking cognition of the comparison group, suggesting it may be an inherent quality of cognition in Parkinson's disease patients, possibly related to the cholinergic/dopaminergic imbalance underlying this complex disorder.