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AGNOSIAS
Agnosia's from visual pathways lecture
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03/25/2012

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Apperceptive agnosia
Definition
Perception deficit- distinction between shapes is difficult
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Associative agnosia
Definition
Can describe objects but cannot assign meanings to them
-recognize and even draw shapes, but don't know what the object IS
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Object Agnosia
Definition
Lesions on the left (dominant) side- can still recognize an object using non-visual cues
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Prosopagnosia
Definition
Inability to recognize faces
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Alexia without agraphia
Definition
Can write but cannot read
Splenium of Corpus Callosum
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Achromatopsia
Definition
Inability to recognize color
Damage to fusiform gyrus
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Balint Syndrome
Definition
Loss of voluntary eye movements
(Parietooccipital junction)
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Asimultagnosia
Definition
Inability to understand visual objects
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