Stroke

Question 1

Visual Agnosia

Answer 1

Inability to recognize familiar objects despite normal function of the eyes and optic tracts

Question 2

Prosopagnosia

Answer 2

• Inability to recognize familiar faces
• Often due to occipito-temporal lobe damage
• Patients can use other senses (such as hearing a familiar voice) to help recognize a person

Question 3

Ideational Apraxia

Answer 3

Inability to perform a purposeful motor act, either automatically or upon command

Question 4

Anosognosia

Answer 4

• Unconscious denial, neglect, or lack of insight/awareness of the presence or severity of one’s paralysis/condition
• Associated with right CVA, as well as mental illnesses and dementia

Question 5

Asomatognosia

Answer 5

• An impairment in body scheme
• A patient may feel that parts of their body are “missing” or have disappeared from corporeal awareness