Radical “Visual Capture” Observed in a Patient with Severe Visual Agnosia

We report the case of a 79-year-old female with visual agnosia due to brain infarction in the left posterior cerebral artery. She could recognize objects used in daily life rather well by touch (the number of objects correctly identified was 16 out of 20 presented objects), but she could not recogni...

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Main Authors: Akiko Takaiwa, Hirokazu Yoshimura, Hirofumi Abe, Satoshi Terai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2003-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/404087