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Tactile agnosia

tactile agnosia

The inability to recognise objects by touch, in the presence of intact cutaneous and proprioceptive hand sensation; caused by lesion in the contralateral parietal lobe.

Synonym: astereognosis, stereoagnosis, stereoanesthesia.


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