Psychology GCSE
Visual agnosia
What Visual agnosia means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Visual agnosia
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
An inability to recognise visually presented objects, despite having intact vision, often caused by damage to the parietal or occipital lobes.
Topics that use Visual agnosia
- The brain and neuropsychology (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Biological structures
- Chemical transmission
- Contralateral control
- Frontal lobe
- Information processing
- Pre-frontal cortex damage
- Prosopagnosia
- Sex differences
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