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Definition:
types:
1.) Visual - inability to recognize objects or shape seen
Cause: lesions in the parieto-temporal region
Categories:
Causes:
associated with brain lesions in the dominant (usually left) hemisphere including
the angular and supramaginal gyri near the temporal and parietal lobe junction.
Adults: syndrome may occur after a stroke or in association with damage to the parietal
lobe