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what is agnosia

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-inability of the individual to recognize perceived sensory infomation

2
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what are the 2 types of agnosia?

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associative: see object clearly enough to draw

apperceptive, profound impairment in shape perception

3
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what is achromatopsia?

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no color (V4)

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what is prosopagnosia

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no faces (fusiform gyrus0

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what is Balint’s syndrome

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  • simultagnosia (failure to see two objects at once)
  • patient seems almost blind
  • optic ataxia
6
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is dorsolateral where or what

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where

7
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is temporal damage where or what

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what

8
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what pathway has damage in Balin’s syndrome

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“where” pathway

9
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what brain region is akinetopsia?

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V5 (motion blindness)

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what is Anton’s syndrome?

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-denial of blindness (cortically blind, but affirm they are not blind)