CLINICAL | NEUROPSYCHIATRY | PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
FORENSICS | RESEARCH | ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCES
PHILOSOPHY | CRY THE BELOVED MIND | DÉJÀ VU
HEAD INJURY | PERSPECTIVES | LITERATURE
INTERESTING AREAS | ETHICS | HOME

Focal Abnormalities Of Higher Brain Function

Visual object agnosia - left occipital -- difficulty making sense ofobjects that are seen
Prosopagnosia - right temporal - old; right parietal - new -- difficulty recognizingfaces
Color agnosia - left occipital ---- difficulty recognizing colors
Simultognsia - Left parieto-temporal-occipital
Autotopagnosia - diffuse bilateral
Visuospatial - Right parietal
Finger agnosia - left parietal
Nominal aphasia - left parieto / temporal
Gerstmann's syndrome of dysgraphia, dyscalculia, finger agnosia, right left disturbance - left parietal
Anosognosia - right parietal
Hemisomatognosia - right parietal
Unilateral inattention , unavailability , negligence - right parietal
Right - left disturbance = left hemisphere

 

 


Copyright ©1997-2003 Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute