Identifier |
19880222_nanos_sciplatform2_02 |
Title |
Visual Information Processing in a Patient with Simultanagnosia |
Creator |
Mark L. Moster; H. Branch Coslett; Eleanor M. Saffran |
Affiliation |
(MLM) (HBC) (EMS) Temple Univ. Hosp./Neurology Dept., Philadelphia, PA |
Subject |
Simultanagnosia; Bilateral Posterior Infractions; Constricted Goldmann Visual Fields; Short-Term Visual Memory |
Description |
Simultanagnosia is a disorder of visual recognition characterized by Impaired recognition of complex arrays despite preserved recognition of single objects. We examined a 67-year-old woman with bilateral posterior Infarctions and simultanagnosia. She Identified familiar objects visually presented for 50 milliseconds but required 2 seconds to Identify two simultaneously presented stimuli. Neuro-ophthalmological examination was normal except for mildly constricted Goldmann visual fields. |
Date |
1988-02-22 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
1988 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 1988: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session 2) |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s69d043f |
Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
183440 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69d043f |