Failure to recognise objects by active touch (astereognosia) results from lesion of parietal-cortex representation of finger kinaesthesis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The inability to identify objects by manipulation with eyes closed (astereognosia) results from a focal cortical lesion of the second order parietal area 2, which integrates inputs from finger joints with tactile information.
Medical subject headings
- Agnosia
- Brain Damage, Chronic
- Fingers
- Kinesthesis
- Parietal Lobe
- Stereognosis