Visual memory of meaningless shapes in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Maryam Salmanian1, Mehdi Tehrani-Doost, Maria Ghanbari-Motlagh

  • 1Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center; Tehran, Iran ; Institute for Cognitive Science Studies; Tehran, Iran.

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Visual Agnosia

Visual agnosia is a condition characterized by the inability to recognize visually presented objects despite having normal vision. For instance, a person with visual agnosia can describe the shape and color of an object but cannot identify or name it. This impairment does not affect their visual field, acuity, color vision, brightness discrimination, language, or memory. An example of this condition in a social setting is someone at a dinner party asking for "that silver thing with a round end"...