Agnosia: classification
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Agnosia: classification. This is the impaired modality-specific ability to recognize objects or stimuli. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Definition
- This is the impaired modality-specific ability to recognize objects or stimuli
- It may be apperceptive or associative
Major types
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Other types
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Testing of visual agnosia
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References
- Greene JD. Apraxia, agnosias, and higher visual function abnormalities. JNNP 2005; 76(Suppl 5):v25-v34.
- Haque S, Vaphiades MS, Lueck CJ. The visual agnosias and related disorders. J Neuroophthalmol 2018; 38:379-392.
- Yang MJ, Nail TJ, Winer J. Left parietal tumors presenting with smartphone icon visual agnosia: two cases of a modern presentation of Gerstmann syndrome. World Neurosurg. 2020; 142:233-238.
- Ramachandran VS, Altschuler EL, Hillyer S. Mirror agnosia. Proc Biol Sci 1997; 264:645-647.
- Chandra SR, Issac TG. Mirror image agnosia. Indian J Psychol Med 2014; 36:400-403.
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