Visual Agnosia for Line Drawings and Silhouettes without Apparent Impairment of Real-Object Recognition: A Case Report

We report on a patient with visual agnosia for line drawings and silhouette pictures following cerebral infarction in the region of the right posterior cerebral artery. The patient retained the ability to recognize real objects and their photographs, and could precisely copy line drawings of objects...

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Main Authors: Kotaro Hiraoka, Kyoko Suzuki, Kazumi Hirayama, Etsuro Mori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2009-0244