Terms

Question 1

Agnosia

Answer 1

Inability to interpret sensations or recognize things and comprehend meaning of objects, associated with brain injury or neurological illness.

Question 2

Alexia

Answer 2

Inability to read, often referred to as acquired dyslexia

Question 3

Anomia

Answer 3

Inability to name people or objects

Question 4

Neologism

Answer 4

Newly coined word or phrase, may be used due to inability to classify or categorize an object correctly

Question 5

Agrammatism

Answer 5

Inability to speak with correct grammar, patient may exhibit telegraphic speech

Question 6

Agraphia

Answer 6

Inability to write either due to motor dysfunction or inability to spell or due to a neurological illness