Agnosia
Agnosia refers to loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss.
Prosopagnosia | Inability to recognise familiar faces |
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Anosognosia | Inability to recognise own condition/ illness |
Autotopagnosia | Inability to orient parts of the body |
Phonagnosia | Inability to recognize familiar voices |
Simultanagnosia | Inability to appreciate two objects in the visual field at the same time |
Astereoagnosia | Inability to recognize objects by touch |