Agnosia
Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality. Tactile agnosia is characterized by an inability to perceive the shape and nature of an object by touch alone, despite unimpaired sensation to light touch, position, and other primary sensory modalities.
Gerstmann Syndrome
A disorder of cognition characterized by the tetrad of finger agnosia, dysgraphia, DYSCALCULIA, and right-left disorientation. The syndrome may be developmental or acquired. Acquired Gerstmann syndrome is associated with lesions in the dominant (usually left) PARIETAL LOBE which involve the angular gyrus or subjacent white matter. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p457)
Kinesics
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
A neurobehavioral syndrome associated with bilateral medial temporal lobe dysfunction. Clinical manifestations include oral exploratory behavior; tactile exploratory behavior; hypersexuality; BULIMIA; MEMORY DISORDERS; placidity; and an inability to recognize objects or faces. This disorder may result from a variety of conditions, including CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; infections; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; and CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS.
Occipital Lobe
Prosopagnosia
The inability to recognize a familiar face or to learn to recognize new faces. This visual agnosia is most often associated with lesions involving the junctional regions between the temporal and occipital lobes. The majority of cases are associated with bilateral lesions, however unilateral damage to the right occipito-temporal cortex has also been associated with this condition. (From Cortex 1995 Jun;31(2):317-29)
Aphasia
A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.
Neuropsychological Tests
Visual Perception
Temporal Lobe
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Memories are made of this: the effects of time on stored visual knowledge in a case of visual agnosia. (1/133)
We report the effects of the passage of time on the longterm visual knowledge for objects in a patient with visual agnosia (H.J.A.). The naming of real objects was found to have improved, although this was not associated with any change in H.J.A.'s basic perceptual abilities which were stable over a 16-year period. The improvement in object naming was attributed to better use of non-contour-based visual information (such as surface detail and depth cues). In addition, we demonstrate a deterioration in H.J.A.'s long-term memory for the visual properties of objects, and argue that this has occurred as a result of his having impaired perceptual input. The deterioration was only apparent in drawing from memory and in the verbal descriptions of items; with forced-choice testing, H.J.A. operated at ceiling; we propose that current tests of visual imagery may not be sufficiently sensitive to detect subtle impairments of visual memory. Our findings can be taken to indicate that perceptual and memorial processes are not functionally independent, but are linked in an interactive manner. (+info)Topographical disorientation: a synthesis and taxonomy. (2/133)
Over the last century, several dozen case reports have presented 'topographically disoriented' patients who, in some cases, appear to have selectively lost their ability to find their way within large-scale, locomotor environments. A review is offered here that has as its aim the creation of a taxonomy that accurately reflects the behavioural impairments and neuroanatomical findings of this literature. This effort is guided by an appreciation of the models of normative way-finding offered by environmental psychology and recent neuroscience research. It is proposed that several varieties of topographical disorientation exist, resulting from damage to distinct neuroanatomical areas. The particular pattern of impairments that patients evidence is argued to be consonant with the known functions of these cortical regions and with recent neuroimaging results. The conflicting claims of previous reviews of this area are also considered and addressed. (+info)Unconscious letter discrimination is enhanced by association with conscious color perception in visual form agnosia. (3/133)
Adaptive behavior guided by unconscious visual cues occurs in patients with various kinds of brain damage as well as in normal observers, all of whom can process visual information of which they are fully unaware [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Little is known on the possibility that unconscious vision is influenced by visual cues that have access to consciousness [9]. Here we report a 'blind' letter discrimination induced through a semantic interaction with conscious color processing in a patient who is agnosic for visual shapes, but has normal color vision and visual imagery. In seeing the initial letters of color names printed in different colors, it is normally easier to name the print color when it is congruent with the initial letter of the color name than when it is not [10]. The patient could discriminate the initial letters of the words 'red' and 'green' printed in the corresponding colors significantly above chance but without any conscious accompaniment, whereas he performed at chance with the reverse color-letter mapping as well as in standard tests of letter reading. We suggest that the consciously perceived colors activated a representation of the corresponding word names and their component letters, which in turn brought out a partially successful, unconscious processing of visual inputs corresponding to the activated letter representations. (+info)Receptive amusia: evidence for cross-hemispheric neural networks underlying music processing strategies. (4/133)
Perceptual musical functions were investigated in patients suffering from unilateral cerebrovascular cortical lesions. Using MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) technique, a standardized short test battery was established that covers local (analytical) as well as global perceptual mechanisms. These represent the principal cognitive strategies in melodic and temporal musical information processing (local, interval and rhythm; global, contour and metre). Of the participating brain-damaged patients, a total of 69% presented with post-lesional impairments in music perception. Left-hemisphere-damaged patients showed significant deficits in the discrimination of local as well as global structures in both melodic and temporal information processing. Right-hemisphere-damaged patients also revealed an overall impairment of music perception, reaching significance in the temporal conditions. Detailed analysis outlined a hierarchical organization, with an initial right-hemisphere recognition of contour and metre followed by identification of interval and rhythm via left-hemisphere subsystems. Patterns of dissociated and associated melodic and temporal deficits indicate autonomous, yet partially integrated neural subsystems underlying the processing of melodic and temporal stimuli. In conclusion, these data contradict a strong hemispheric specificity for music perception, but indicate cross-hemisphere, fragmented neural substrates underlying local and global musical information processing in the melodic and temporal dimensions. Due to the diverse profiles of neuropsychological deficits revealed in earlier investigations as well as in this study, individual aspects of musicality and musical behaviour very likely contribute to the definite formation of these widely distributed neural networks. (+info)Illusory limb movements in anosognosia for hemiplegia. (5/133)
To clarify the relation between anosognosia for hemiplegia and confabulation, 11 patients with acute right cerebral infarctions and left upper limb hemiparesis were assessed for anosognosia for hemiplegia, illusory limb movements (ILMs), hemispatial neglect, asomatognosia, and cognitive impairment. Five of 11 patients had unequivocal confabulation as evidenced by ILMs. The presence of ILMs was associated with the degree of anosognosia (p = 0.002), with hemispatial neglect (p<0.05), and with asomatognosia (p<0.01). The results confirm that a strong relation exists between anosognosia for hemiplegia and confabulations concerning the movement of the plegic limb. There is also a strong relation between ILMs and asomatognosia. (+info)Hemianopic colour blindness. (6/133)
A man developed cortical blindness after cerebral infarction in the distribution of both posterior cerebral arteries. When he recovered from this condition, he was found to be colour blind in the left visual field, but not in the right. This unusual situation resulted in apparently contradictory performances on hemifield and free-field tasks of colour discrimination, naming, and recognition. The contradictions may be explained by interhemispheric competition between a hemisphere which could discriminate colours and a hemisphere which was colour blind. (+info)Patterns of music agnosia associated with middle cerebral artery infarcts. (7/133)
The objective of the study is to evaluate if the rupture of an aneurysm located on the middle cerebral artery (MCA) results in disorders of music recognition. To this aim, 20 patients having undergone brain surgery for the clipping of a unilateral left (LBS), right (RBS) or bilateral (BBS) aneurysm(s) of the MCA and 20 neurologically intact control subjects (NC) were evaluated with a series of tests assessing most of the abilities involved in music recognition. In general, the study shows that a ruptured aneurysm on the MCA that is repaired by brain surgery is very likely to produce deficits in the auditory processing of music. The incidence of such a deficit was not only very high but also selective. The results show that the LBS group was more impaired than the NC group in all three tasks involving musical long-term memory. The study also uncovered two new cases of apperceptive agnosia for music. These two patients (N.R. and R.C.) were diagnosed as such because both exhibit a clear deficit in each of the three music memory tasks and both are impaired in all discrimination tests involving musical perception. Interestingly, the lesions overlap in the right superior temporal lobe and in the right insula, making the two new cases very similar to an earlier case report. Altogether, the results are also consistent with the view that apperceptive agnosia results from damage to right hemispheric structures while associative agnosia results from damage to the left hemisphere. (+info)Time-dependent activation of parieto-frontal networks for directing attention to tactile space. A study with paired transcranial magnetic stimulation pulses in right-brain-damaged patients with extinction. (8/133)
Tactile extinction has been interpreted as an attentional disorder, closely related to hemineglect, due to hyperactivation of the unaffected hemisphere, resulting in an ipsilesional attentional bias. Paired transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) techniques, with a subthreshold conditioning stimulus (CS) followed at various interstimulus intervals (ISIs) by a suprathreshold test stimulus (TS), are useful for investigating intracortical inhibition and facilitation in the human motor cortex. In the present work, we investigated the effects of paired TMS over the posterior parietal and frontal cortex of the unaffected hemisphere in a group of eight right-brain-damaged patients with tactile extinction who were carrying out a bimanual tactile discrimination task. The aim of the study was to verify if paired TMS could induce selective inhibition or facilitation of the unaffected hemisphere depending on the ISI, resulting, respectively, in an improvement and a worsening of contralesional extinction. In addition, we wanted to investigate if the effects of parietal and frontal TMS on contralesional extinction appeared at different intervals, suggesting time-dependent activation in the cortical network for the processing of tactile spatial information. Paired TMS stimuli with a CS and a TS, separated by two ISIs of 1 and 10 ms, were applied over the left parietal and frontal cortex after various intervals from the presentation of bimanual cutaneous stimuli. Single-test parietal TMS stimuli improved the patients' performance, whereas paired TMS had distinct effects depending on the ISI: at ISI = 1 ms the improvement in extinction was greater than that induced by single-pulse TMS; at ISI = 10 ms we observed worsening of extinction, with complete reversal of the effects of single-pulse TMS. Compared with TMS delivered over the frontal cortex, parietal TMS improved the extinction rate in a time window that began earlier. These findings shed further light on the mechanism of tactile extinction, suggesting relative hyperexcitability of the parieto-frontal network in the unaffected hemisphere, which is amenable to study and modulation by paired TMS pulses. In addition, the results show time-dependent processing of tactile spatial information in the parietal and frontal cortices, with a bimodal distribution of activity, at least in the attentional network of the unaffected hemisphere. (+info)Agnosia is a higher cognitive disorder characterized by an impaired ability to recognize and interpret sensory stimuli despite intact sensory pathways and normal intellectual function.
Agnosia is a medical term that refers to the inability to recognize or comprehend the meaning or significance of sensory stimuli, even though the specific senses themselves are intact. It is a higher-level cognitive disorder, caused by damage to certain areas of the brain that are responsible for processing and interpreting information from our senses.
There are different types of agnosia, depending on which sense is affected:
* Visual agnosia: The inability to recognize or identify objects, faces, or shapes based on visual input.
* Auditory agnosia: The inability to understand spoken language or recognize sounds, even though hearing is intact.
* Tactile agnosia: The inability to recognize objects by touch, despite normal tactile sensation.
* Olfactory and gustatory agnosia: The inability to identify smells or tastes, respectively, even though the senses of smell and taste are functioning normally.
Agnosia can result from various causes, including stroke, brain injury, infection, degenerative diseases, or tumors that damage specific areas of the brain involved in sensory processing and interpretation. Treatment for agnosia typically focuses on rehabilitation and compensation strategies to help individuals adapt to their deficits and improve their quality of life.
Gerstmann syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by the tetrad of symptoms including finger agnosia, agraphia, acalculia, and right-left disorientation, typically associated with lesions in the dominant parietal lobe.
Gerstmann syndrome is a rare neurological disorder primarily characterized by the following four symptoms:
1. Finger agnosia - inability to identify or recognize fingers on their own hand, often struggling to distinguish between similar fingers like index and middle finger.
2. Left-right disorientation - difficulty determining left from right, sometimes affecting body awareness and spatial orientation.
3. Agraphia - an impairment in writing abilities, including difficulties with spelling, grammar, or composing coherent texts.
4. Acalculia - inability to perform basic arithmetic calculations or have trouble understanding numerical concepts.
These symptoms are typically associated with damage to the dominant parietal lobe, specifically within the angular gyrus region of the brain. Gerstmann syndrome is often observed in individuals who have experienced stroke, brain injury, or other forms of neurological damage. It's important to note that not all individuals with Gerstmann syndrome will exhibit all four symptoms, and some may experience additional cognitive or motor impairments depending on the extent of the brain damage.
Kinesics is the study of body movements and gestures as a form of non-verbal communication in social interactions, which can include facial expressions, posture, gestures, and eye contact among others.
Kinesics is not a medical term per se, but rather a term used in the field of communication and social sciences. It refers to the study of body motion and gestures as a means of communication. This includes facial expressions, posture, gestures, and other bodily movements that convey information or emotions.
However, understanding kinesics is important for healthcare professionals, particularly those involved in patient care and communication. Healthcare providers can use kinesic cues to better understand their patients' needs, feelings, and responses during medical examinations, treatments, and consultations. For instance, a furrowed brow or squinted eyes may indicate confusion or discomfort, while crossed arms might suggest defensiveness or resistance.
Therefore, while not a medical term itself, kinesics plays an essential role in the field of medicine as it helps healthcare professionals to improve their communication skills and build better rapport with patients.
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by the presence of visual agnosia, hyperorality, hypermetamorphosis, emotional changes, and memory loss, typically resulting from bilateral damage to the temporal lobes including the amygdala.
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome is a rare and complex neurobehavioral disorder, typically caused by damage to the temporal lobes and surrounding structures in the brain, particularly the amygdala and hippocampus. The syndrome is characterized by a range of symptoms that may include:
1. Hyperorality (excessive exploration of objects with the mouth)
2. Visual agnosia (inability to recognize familiar objects despite intact vision)
3. Hypermetamorphosis (compulsively looking at and exploring new objects)
4. Dietary changes, such as increased appetite and food preference changes
5. Emotional changes, including decreased emotional responsiveness and loss of fear or anxiety
6. Memory impairment
7. Increased sexual behavior
8. Hyperactivity and decreased initiative
9. Altered sleep-wake cycle
10. Inability to recognize faces (prosopagnosia)
It's important to note that the presence and severity of these symptoms can vary widely between individuals with Kluver-Bucy Syndrome, depending on the extent and location of brain damage. The syndrome is often associated with conditions such as herpes encephalitis, traumatic brain injury, or neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease.
The occipital lobe is the neuroanatomical region in the backmost part of the brain's cerebral cortex, primarily responsible for visual processing and identification of visual stimuli.
The occipital lobe is the portion of the cerebral cortex that lies at the back of the brain (posteriorly) and is primarily involved in visual processing. It contains areas that are responsible for the interpretation and integration of visual stimuli, including color, form, movement, and recognition of objects. The occipital lobe is divided into several regions, such as the primary visual cortex (V1), secondary visual cortex (V2 to V5), and the visual association cortex, which work together to process different aspects of visual information. Damage to the occipital lobe can lead to various visual deficits, including blindness or partial loss of vision, known as a visual field cut.
Prosopagnosia is a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize familiar faces, often resulting from damage to specific regions in the brain involved in facial perception.
Prosopagnosia is a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize or remember faces, even those of familiar people such as family members and friends. This condition often results from brain damage, particularly to the fusiform gyrus area located in the temporal lobe, which is responsible for facial recognition and memory.
Individuals with prosopagnosia may have difficulty distinguishing between faces, sometimes even mistaking their own reflection or confusing family members with strangers. However, they can still recognize people through other means, such as voice, hairstyle, clothing, or gait. Prosopagnosia can be congenital (present at birth) or acquired due to brain injury or disease.
There are two main types of prosopagnosia: developmental (or congenital) and acquired. Developmental prosopagnosia is present from birth and tends to run in families, suggesting a genetic component. Acquired prosopagnosia occurs after brain damage due to stroke, trauma, or degenerative diseases like dementia.
Prosopagnosia can significantly impact social interactions and relationships, causing distress and isolation for those affected. Currently, there is no cure for this condition; however, various strategies and techniques can help individuals with prosopagnosia cope and improve their face recognition abilities.
'Toes' are the five digits located at the end of the human foot, consisting of phalanges and metatarsal bones, which aid in balance, walking and other activities requiring ground contact.
In medical terms, toes are the digits located at the end of the foot. Humans typically have five toes on each foot, consisting of the big toe (hallux), second toe, third toe, fourth toe, and little toe (fifth toe). The bones of the toes are called phalanges, with the exception of the big toe, which has a different bone structure and is composed of a proximal phalanx, distal phalanx, and sometimes a sesamoid bone.
Toes play an essential role in maintaining balance and assisting in locomotion by helping to push off the ground during walking or running. They also contribute to the overall stability and posture of the body. Various medical conditions can affect toes, such as ingrown toenails, bunions, hammertoes, and neuromas, which may require specific treatments or interventions to alleviate pain, restore function, or improve appearance.
Aphasia is a disorder resulting from damage to the language areas of the brain, causing impairment or loss of ability to understand or produce spoken or written language.
Aphasia is a medical condition that affects a person's ability to communicate. It is caused by damage to the language areas of the brain, most commonly as a result of a stroke or head injury. Aphasia can affect both spoken and written language, making it difficult for individuals to express their thoughts, understand speech, read, or write.
There are several types of aphasia, including:
1. Expressive aphasia (also called Broca's aphasia): This type of aphasia affects a person's ability to speak and write clearly. Individuals with expressive aphasia know what they want to say but have difficulty forming the words or sentences to communicate their thoughts.
2. Receptive aphasia (also called Wernicke's aphasia): This type of aphasia affects a person's ability to understand spoken or written language. Individuals with receptive aphasia may struggle to follow conversations, comprehend written texts, or make sense of the words they hear or read.
3. Global aphasia: This is the most severe form of aphasia and results from extensive damage to the language areas of the brain. People with global aphasia have significant impairments in both their ability to express themselves and understand language.
4. Anomic aphasia: This type of aphasia affects a person's ability to recall the names of objects, people, or places. Individuals with anomic aphasia can speak in complete sentences but often struggle to find the right words to convey their thoughts.
Treatment for aphasia typically involves speech and language therapy, which aims to help individuals regain as much communication ability as possible. The success of treatment depends on various factors, such as the severity and location of the brain injury, the individual's motivation and effort, and the availability of support from family members and caregivers.
Neuropsychological tests are standardized, validated measures used to evaluate various cognitive abilities and psychological processes, allowing for the identification and quantification of strengths and weaknesses in relation to brain function and dysfunction.
Neuropsychological tests are a type of psychological assessment that measures cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, language, problem-solving, and perception. These tests are used to help diagnose and understand the cognitive impact of neurological conditions, including dementia, traumatic brain injury, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and other disorders that affect the brain.
The tests are typically administered by a trained neuropsychologist and can take several hours to complete. They may involve paper-and-pencil tasks, computerized tasks, or interactive activities. The results of the tests are compared to normative data to help identify any areas of cognitive weakness or strength.
Neuropsychological testing can provide valuable information for treatment planning, rehabilitation, and assessing response to treatment. It can also be used in research to better understand the neural basis of cognition and the impact of neurological conditions on cognitive function.
'Visual Perception' is the neurophysiological process and cognitive ability to interpret, organize and understand the significance of information derived from the visual system in relation to environmental stimuli, enabling meaningful interaction with the world.
Visual perception refers to the ability to interpret and organize information that comes from our eyes to recognize and understand what we are seeing. It involves several cognitive processes such as pattern recognition, size estimation, movement detection, and depth perception. Visual perception allows us to identify objects, navigate through space, and interact with our environment. Deficits in visual perception can lead to learning difficulties and disabilities.
The temporal lobe is the lower lateral region of each cerebral hemisphere, primarily involved in auditory processing, memory, and emotion due to its major components: the primary auditory cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala.
The temporal lobe is one of the four main lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain, located on each side of the head roughly level with the ears. It plays a major role in auditory processing, memory, and emotion. The temporal lobe contains several key structures including the primary auditory cortex, which is responsible for analyzing sounds, and the hippocampus, which is crucial for forming new memories. Damage to the temporal lobe can result in various neurological symptoms such as hearing loss, memory impairment, and changes in emotional behavior.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic medical procedure that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed cross-sectional or three-dimensional images of the internal structures of the body.
Medical Definition:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging technique that uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed cross-sectional or three-dimensional images of the internal structures of the body. The patient lies within a large, cylindrical magnet, and the scanner detects changes in the direction of the magnetic field caused by protons in the body. These changes are then converted into detailed images that help medical professionals to diagnose and monitor various medical conditions, such as tumors, injuries, or diseases affecting the brain, spinal cord, heart, blood vessels, joints, and other internal organs. MRI does not use radiation like computed tomography (CT) scans.
Agnosia
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Apperceptive agnosia
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Agnosia microta
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Integrative agnosia
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Visual agnosia
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Finger agnosia
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Agnosia orneus
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Auditory agnosia
... and labelled general auditory agnosia as pre-phonemic auditory agnosia and word deafness as post-phonemic auditory agnosia. ... Auditory agnosia is a form of agnosia that manifests itself primarily in the inability to recognize or differentiate between ... Auditory agnosia (with the exception of non-verbal auditory agnosia and amusia) is strongly dependent on damage to both ... In a review of the auditory agnosia literature, Ulrich re-named this disorder as non-verbal auditory agnosia (although sound ...
Agnosia (moth)
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Associative visual agnosia
Visual object agnosia (or semantic agnosia) is the most commonly encountered form of agnosia. The clinical "definition" of the ... Associative visual agnosia is a form of visual agnosia. It is an impairment in recognition or assigning meaning to a stimulus ... Associative visual agnosia refers to a subtype of visual agnosia, which was labeled by Lissauer (1890), as an inability to ... An agnosia that affects hearing, auditory sound agnosia, is broken into subdivisions based on level of processing impaired, and ...
Social-emotional agnosia
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Auditory verbal agnosia
... (AVA) is not the same as auditory agnosia; patients with (nonverbal) auditory agnosia have a relatively ... Auditory verbal agnosia is rarely diagnosed in its pure form. Auditory verbal agnosia can both present as the result of acute ... Auditory verbal agnosia is rarely diagnosed in its pure form. Auditory verbal agnosia can present as the result of acute damage ... Auditory verbal agnosia is the inability to distinguish phonemes. In some patients with unilateral auditory verbal agnosia, ...
Autotopagnosia
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Astereognosis
... it seems to be closely related to tactile agnosia (impairment connected to one hand). Tactile agnosia observations are rare and ... Individuals with tactile agnosia may be able to identify the name, purpose, or origin of an object with their left hand but not ... Astereognosis (or tactile agnosia if only one hand is affected) is the inability to identify an object by active touch of the ... As opposed to agnosia, when the object is observed visually, one should be able to successfully identify the object. ...
Barbara Goenaga
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Prosopagnosia
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Simultanagnosia
Agnosia Farah, M.J. (1990). "Visual agnosia". Disorders of object recognition and what they tell us about normal vision. ...
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus
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Speech perception
Speech agnosia: Pure word deafness, or speech agnosia, is an impairment in which a person maintains the ability to hear, ... Agnosia is "the loss or diminution of the ability to recognize familiar objects or stimuli usually as a result of brain damage ... There are no known treatments that have been found, but from case studies and experiments it is known that speech agnosia is ... "Definition of AGNOSIA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2017-12-15. Howard, Harry (2017). "Welcome to Brain and Language". ...
Color task
Achromatopsia Color agnosia Color anomia Cole, Barry L (1972). "The handicap of abnormal colour vision". Clinical and ...
Achromatopsia
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Language module
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Surface dyslexia
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Object recognition (cognitive science)
There are two broad categories of visual object agnosia: apperceptive and associative. When object agnosia occurs from a lesion ... these patients demonstrate that they can perceive but not recognize.Integrative agnosia(a subtype of associative agnosia) is ... Agnosia is a rare occurrence and can be the result of a stroke, dementia, head injury, brain infection, or hereditary. ... Both of these agnosias can affect the pathway to object recognition, like Marr's Theory of Vision. More specifically unlike ...
Color blindness
Color agnosia - Ability to see colors, but inability to recognize colors. Color anomia - Ability to see colors, but inability ... They are forms of visual agnosia. Monochromacy is the condition of possessing only a single channel for conveying information ... Agnosia, Wikipedia neurology articles ready to translate). ...
Justo Gonzalo
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Topographical disorientation
Landmark agnosia, also known as topographical agnosia and topographagnosia, is marked by the inability to recognize salient ... C. A. Pallis described a patient, A.H., who presented with color, face and landmark agnosia as a result of a cerebral embolism ... Patients show no signs of visuo-spatial agnosia. Patients are able to determine their location using landmarks, but are unable ... Takahashi N (August 2011). "[Agnosia for streets and defective root finding]". Brain Nerve (in Japanese). 63 (8): 830-8. PMID ...
Memory disorder
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Blindsight
Visual agnosia Riddoch syndrome Celesia G (2010). "Visual perception and awareness: a modular system". Journal of ... which is interrupted in patients with such conditions as blindsight and visual agnosia. Therefore, object identification and ...
Subcortical dementia
Such patients have prominent apraxia and agnosia. However, in "subcortical" dementia these high-level behaviours are less ...
Agnosia (film)
Agnosia is a Spanish baroque retro-futuristic thriller directed by Eugenio Mira and written by Antonio Trashorras. A young ... Efm 2010: Agnosia Astounds. Archived June 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Images And Details From Eugenio Mira's Sumptuous ... at the Wayback Machine Agnosia at IMDb (Webarchive template wayback links, All articles with dead external links, Articles with ... woman, Joana Prats, suffers from agnosia, a strange, primary visual disease that is one of the neuropsychological disorders of ...
Mirrored-self misidentification
TH's mirror agnosia accounts for the development of the delusional idea. Because not all patients with mirror agnosia develop ... Patients with mirror agnosia are unable to understand how mirrors work; they believe the mirror represents a separate space, ... Patient TH was in the early stages of dementia and was affected by mirror agnosia. While TH was looking into a mirror, the ... When paired with mirror agnosia or impaired facial processing, damage in any of these areas of the right hemisphere of the ...
Jason Walter Brown
In 1972, he published his first book, Aphasia, Apraxia, and Agnosia. In 1976, he received a fellowship from the Foundations ... Brown, J. W. (1988). Agnosia and apraxia (Ed.) New Jersey: Erlbaum. Brown, J. W. (1989). Neuropsychology of perception. New ... Brown, J. W. (1972). Aphasia, apraxia and agnosia. Clinical and theoretical aspects Springfield, IL: Thomas. Brown, J. W. (1977 ...
Language processing in the brain
An fMRI study of a patient with impaired sound recognition (auditory agnosia) due to brainstem damage was also shown with ... Finally, as mentioned earlier, an fMRI scan of an auditory agnosia patient demonstrated bilateral reduced activation in the ... doi:10.1016/s0364-0213(01)00050-7. Ulrich G (May 1978). "Interhemispheric functional relationships in auditory agnosia. An ... auditory agnosia), who was shown with reduced bilateral activation in areas hR and aSTG but with spared activation in the mSTG- ...
Music-specific disorders
... "agnosia" refers to a loss of knowledge. Acquired music agnosia is the "inability to recognize music in the absence of sensory, ... Music agnosia and auditory agnosia (2003) Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 999:50-57 Oliver Sacks on Amusia Online ... auditory sound agnosia, and receptive amusia occur simultaneously, the state is called auditory agnosia" (Satoh 2007). However ... Brain 125: 238-251 Peretz I, Can we lose memory for music? A case of music agnosia in a nonmusician (1996). J Cogn Neuroscience ...
Agnosia - Wikipedia
... apperceptive visual agnosia and associative visual agnosia. Individuals with apperceptive visual agnosia display the ability to ... Visual agnosia is a broad category that refers to a deficiency in the ability to recognize visual objects. Visual agnosia can ... Speech agnosia, or auditory verbal agnosia, refers to "an inability to comprehend spoken words despite intact hearing, speech ... The term agnosia comes from the Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnosia), "ignorance", "absence of knowledge". It was introduced by ...
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What Is Special about Face Recognition? Nineteen Experiments on a Person with Visual Object Agnosia and Dyslexia but Normal...
... a man with normal face recognition but with object agnosia and dyslexia caused by a closed-head injury. We administered ... What Is Special about Face Recognition? Nineteen Experiments on a Person with Visual Object Agnosia and Dyslexia but Normal ... a man with normal face recognition but with object agnosia and dyslexia caused by a closed-head injury. We administered ...
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Agnosia - Daybreak
These seemingly odd behaviors are the result of Agnosia. Webster defines agnosia as the "inability to recognize objects by use ... Agnosia can result from strokes, dementia, developmental disorders, or other neurological conditions. Typically agnosia results ... Agnosia can be very sad. A wife shared with me the story of her husband of 55 years looking over at her one night as they sat ... Agnosia is but one of the features of some of the dementias, and these are just a few examples of how it may manifest. It can ...
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Synonyms of tactile agnosia
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The visual agnosia is a comprehensive review and updated list of disorders top view that relates these disorders with current ... Diagnosis of visual agnosia. Visual agnosia can be a difficult diagnosis to make , as people with the condition are unaware ... Visual Agnosia - Definition, Types, Symptoms, Causes and Treatments. The visual agnosia is a comprehensive review and updated ... Types of visual agnosia. There are many types and subtypes of visual agnosia. The most commonly recognized categories include: ...
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... associative agnosia के अनुवाद के उदाहरण के वाक्य देखें, उच्चारण सुनें और व्याकरण सीखें ... In contrast, associative agnosia is a type of agnosia where perception occurs but recognition still does not occur.. ... Associative agnosia is an inability to identify objects even with apparent perception and knowledge of them.. ... Individuals with associative agnosia can copy or match simple figures, indicating that they can perceive objects correctly.. ...
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Visual form agnosia is the inability to recognize familiar objects. The problem isnt just being able to name something that ... That led me to wonder if theres a resemblance between visual form agnosia and the particular mode an artist shifts into while ... People with visual form agnosia typically have otherwise normal eyesight, intelligence, memory, attention, and language ability ...
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Stranger in the Mirror: An Examination of Visual Agnosia. (60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Martin Library Video Cassette VC 2464). [ ... The problems with visual agnosia. occur between the percepts and the concepts stages . . . ... With visual agnosia there were percepts but no visual concepts. * With synesthesia there were percepts and concepts, except ...
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- This report describes a family with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance of progressive verbal auditory agnosia due to GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9orf72. (nih.gov)
- This is called verbal auditory agnosia. (texaschildrens.org)
- 17. The functional anatomy of recovery from auditory agnosia. (nih.gov)
Finger agnosia3
- How do you check for finger agnosia? (wazeesupperclub.com)
- Finger agnosia: finger agnosia is difficulty in distinguishing fingers on the hand. (wazeesupperclub.com)
- What is finger agnosia? (wazeesupperclub.com)
Tactile agnosia7
- Left tactile agnosia has never been described as part of the neglect syndrome so far. (walshmedicalmedia.com)
- We observed two patients with left tactile agnosia, following a right hemisphere stroke and test if impairment in their unilateral tactile object recognition could be due to Unilateral Spatial Neglect. (walshmedicalmedia.com)
- patients showed a left tactile agnosia, which was neither related to impairment in microstructural nor macrostructural recognition of shapes. (walshmedicalmedia.com)
- Similarly to controls, patients performed more exploratory movements with the left hand, which resulted to be impaired in object recognition, suggesting that tactile apraxia was not the cause of this tactile agnosia. (walshmedicalmedia.com)
- After 10 days treatment with prism adaptation procedure, both neglect symptoms and left tactile agnosia improved. (walshmedicalmedia.com)
- The absence of other causes of left tactile agnosia and the efficacy of prism adaptation on it, support the functional relation between tactile agnosia and tactile neglect. (walshmedicalmedia.com)
- Tactile agnosia is characterized by an inability to perceive the shape and nature of an object by touch alone, despite unimpaired sensation to light touch, position, and other primary sensory modalities. (bvsalud.org)
Forms of agnosia3
- Additionally, some forms of agnosia may be the result of developmental disorders. (wikipedia.org)
- Discrete brain lesions can cause different forms of agnosia, which may involve any sense. (msdmanuals.com)
- Other forms of agnosia involve very specific and complex processes within one sense. (msdmanuals.com)
Apperceptive agnosia2
- If the individual has a form of apperceptive agnosia they will not be able to match two stimuli that are identical in appearance. (wikipedia.org)
- It is also worth noting that this effect is directly comparable to the visual disorder known as visual apperceptive agnosia. (effectindex.com)
Somatosensory agnosia1
- For example, patients with somatosensory agnosia have difficulty identifying a familiar object (eg, key, safety pin) that is placed in their hand on the side of the body opposite the damage. (msdmanuals.com)
Prosopagnosia3
- A specific form of associative visual agnosia is known as prosopagnosia. (wikipedia.org)
- As part of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, a panel of neurologists examine agnosia, and artist Chuck Close describes prosopagnosia. (charlierose.com)
- Prosopagnosia is also known as face blindness or facial agnosia. (wazeesupperclub.com)
Sensory6
- Agnosia is the inability to process sensory information. (wikipedia.org)
- In order for an individual to be diagnosed with agnosia, they must only be experiencing a sensory deficit in a single modality. (wikipedia.org)
- Sensory Agnosias. (inhn.org)
- A more accurate visual agnosia definition would be the inability to recognize the import sensory impressions of familiar objects by sight, usually due to a lesion of one of the visual association areas. (belmarrahealth.com)
- Physicians may recommend that people with agnosia get sensory information through other senses, that others explain objects verbally to people with agnosia, or that people with agnosia institute organizational strategies to cope with their symptoms. (wazeesupperclub.com)
- agnosia - failure to recognize familiar objects although the sensory mechanism is intact. (brainline.org)
Aphasia1
- Certainly atypical depression, aphasia, and agnosia can happen with any of the BSN disorders. (brainsupportnetwork.org)
Subtypes2
- Visual agnosia can be further subdivided into two different subtypes: apperceptive visual agnosia and associative visual agnosia. (wikipedia.org)
- There exist many types and subtypes of visual agnosia. (belmarrahealth.com)
Associative5
- In contrast, individuals with associative visual agnosia experience difficulty when asked to name objects. (wikipedia.org)
- Associative agnosia is associated with damage to both the right and left hemispheres at the occipitotemporal border. (wikipedia.org)
- To make a diagnosis, the distinction between apperceptive and associative agnosia must be made. (wikipedia.org)
- In contrast, if an individual has a form of associative agnosia, they will not be able to match different examples of a stimulus. (wikipedia.org)
- For example, an individual who has been diagnosed with associative agnosia in the visual modality would not be able to match pictures of a laptop that is open with a laptop that is closed. (wikipedia.org)
Disorders3
- Agnosia can result from strokes, dementia, or other neurological disorders. (wikipedia.org)
- Consider participating in a clinical trial so clinicians and scientists can learn more about agnosia and related disorders. (nih.gov)
- Sacks determined that Dr. P. was suffering from visual agnosia, a rare condition caused by damage to the brain's occipital or parietal lobes, which is "characterized by an inability to recognize and identify objects or persons," according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. (wazeesupperclub.com)
Inability to identify1
- Agnosia is inability to identify an object using one or more of the senses. (msdmanuals.com)
Perceptual1
- What does visual agnosia tell us about perceptual organization and its relationship to object perception? (nih.gov)
Right hemisphere1
- Apperceptive visual agnosia is associated with damage to one hemisphere, specifically damage to the posterior sections of the right hemisphere. (wikipedia.org)
Objects6
- Visual agnosia is a broad category that refers to a deficiency in the ability to recognize visual objects. (wikipedia.org)
- Individuals with apperceptive visual agnosia display the ability to see contours and outlines when shown an object, but they experience difficulty if asked to categorize objects. (wikipedia.org)
- Agnosia (also known as primary visual agnosia, monomodal visual amnesia, and visual amnesia) is a neurological disorder characterized by an inability to recognize and identify objects or persons using one or more of the senses. (nih.gov)
- Visual agnosia is characterized by the inability to recognize familiar objects. (belmarrahealth.com)
- An agnosia that is a loss of the ability to acknowledge objects in the neglected field that are visible when a mirror reflects the object visible in the non-neglected field. (cognitiveatlas.org)
- Agnosia is a rare disorder characterized by an inability to recognize and identify objects or persons. (wazeesupperclub.com)
Compensate1
- Visual agnosia can be a difficult diagnosis to make, as people who have the condition are not aware there is a problem with their visual ability or feel that they can compensate without medical intervention. (belmarrahealth.com)
Patients1
- Patients who experience dramatic recovery from blindness experience significant to total agnosia. (wikipedia.org)
Symptoms1
- If agnosia is caused by an underlying disorder, treatment of that disorder may reduce symptoms and help prevent further brain damage. (nih.gov)
Definition1
- What is the definition of agnosia? (wazeesupperclub.com)
Temporal4
- The effect of damage to the superior temporal sulcus is consistent with several types of neurolinguistic deficiencies, and some contend that agnosia is one of them. (wikipedia.org)
- 1 The consistency of this model to agnosia is shown by evidence that bilateral lesions to the superior temporal sulcus produces 'pure word deafness' (Kussmaul, 1877), or as it is understood today, speech agnosia. (wikipedia.org)
- It is believed that damage to the associated visual association cortex of the brain or parts of the central stream of vision due to a lesion on the parietal and temporal lobes are the primary cause of visual agnosia. (belmarrahealth.com)
- Visual agnosia occurs when there's brain damage along the pathways that connect the occipital lobe of the brain with the parietal or temporal lobe. (wazeesupperclub.com)
Occurs1
- Damage causing agnosia usually occurs in either the occipital or parietal lobes of the brain. (wikipedia.org)
Diagnosis1
- Diagnosis of visual agnosia will include looking for any previous events of brain damage such as a stroke. (belmarrahealth.com)
Brain1
- Most cases of visual agnosia are seen in older adults who have experienced brain damage to some degree. (belmarrahealth.com)
Affects1
- Agnosia only affects a single modality, such as vision or hearing. (wikipedia.org)
Speech1
- However, treatment of agnosia is symptomatic and supportive, such as rehabilitation through speech or occupational therapy. (nih.gov)
People2
Loss1
- In order to assess an individual for agnosia, it must be verified that the individual does not have a loss of sensation, and that both their language abilities and intelligence are intact. (wikipedia.org)
