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finger agnosia |
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agnosia /ag·no·sia/ (ag-no´zhah) inability to recognize the import of sensory impressions; the varieties correspond with several senses and are distinguished as auditory (acoustic), gustatory, olfactory, tactile, and visual. face agnosia , facial agnosia prosopagnosia. finger agnosia loss of ability to indicate one's own or another's fingers. time agnosia loss of comprehension of the succession and duration of events. visual agnosia inability to recognize familiar objects by sight, usually due to a lesion in one of the visual association areas. finger agnosia, a neurologic disorder in which a patient is unable to distinguish between stimuli applied to two different fingers without visual clues; to recognize his or her own digits, for example, finger versus, thumb; or to recognize or identify another person's fingers. It is seen most often in Gerstmann's syndrome. finger agnosia Neurology Inability to recognize ones own fingers How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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