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

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