Agnosias Flashcards
Which agnosia involves the inability to recognise familiar faces?
Prosopagnosia
What agnosia describes the inability to recognise their own illness?
Anosognosia
What agnosia describes the inability to orient parts of the body
autotopagnosia
What agnosia describes the inability to recognise familiar voices?
Phonagnosia
What agnosia describes the inability to recognise objects by touch?
Astereoagnosia
WHat pathology causes prosopagnosia?
Damage to the fusiform gyrus as plays a crucial role in face perception
What pathology causes anosognosia?
Brain injury particularly those affecting the right hemisphere
What is the pathology behind autotopagnosia
lesions of the left parietal lobe
What pathology causes phonagnosia?
R temporal lobe or R superior temporal sulcus damage
What pathology causes simultanagnosia
BL damage to occipital parietal areas
What pathology causes astereoagnosia?
damage to the somatosensory cortex particularly in the parietal lobe which is responsible for processing tactile information from the body
