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Partial recovery from visual object agnosia: a 10 year follow-up study
1MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge.
Summary
A severe head injury led to visual agnosia in a young woman. Over ten years, her object recognition improved, but difficulties with visual imagery and identifying visual stimuli persist.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology
- Clinical Neurology
Background:
- A severe head injury in 1981 resulted in visual agnosia for a 17-year-old female (J.R.).
- Longitudinal assessments over ten years tracked the progression of her visual processing deficits.