visual agnosia

visual agnosia
visual agnosia n a form of agnosia characterized by inability to recognize familiar objects observed by the sense of sight compare prosopagnosia

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inability to recognize familiar objects by sight, usually due to a lesion in one of the visual association areas. Called also psychic blindness.

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