Keywords
forms visual agnosia
Publications
Polonskaya N.N.(2009). A case study of the visual agnosia of the patient with bilateral lesions after strokes in both the Posterior Stream the brain. Report 1. An investigation into visual object cognition disorder.The Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 4, 32-43
The article presents the results of a case study of visual agnosia. A rare case of multiple visual agnosia (object agnosia, prosopagnosia, dyslexia, color agonsia) of a patient with the bilateral damage of the brain is described. A set of various methods has been developed to diagnose the variety of cognitive disorders. A neuropsychological approach has been used to qualitatively analyze errors. Some particular features of visual cognitive disorder are considered from the point of view of the dynamic complementary interaction between the brain hemispheres and their functional asymmetry.
Received: 02/28/2008
Pages: 32-43
Keywords: case-study;
object recognition;
visual memory disorder;
optic perceptual;
forms visual agnosia;
associative visual agnosia;