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Anton–Babinski syndrome

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Anton–Babinski syndrome, also known as visual anosognosia, is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe. [1]

27 relations: Anosognosia, Blindsight, Blindsight (Watts novel), Brain damage, Confabulation, Cortical blindness, Dogville, Emergency department, European Journal of Neurology, Gabriel Anton, Head injury, House (TV series), Joseph Babinski, Lars von Trier, Naegleriasis, Occipital lobe, Peter Watts (author), Prosopagnosia, Raj Patel, Riddoch syndrome, Rupert Thomson, Stroke, The Insult (novel), The Value of Nothing, Visual cortex, Visual impairment, Visual release hallucinations.

Anosognosia

Anosognosia (from Ancient Greek ἀ- a-, "without", νόσος nosos, "disease" and γνῶσις gnōsis, "knowledge") is a deficit of self-awareness, a condition in which a person with some disability seems unaware of its existence.

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Blindsight

Blindsight is the ability of people who are cortically blind due to lesions in their striate cortex, also known as primary visual cortex or V1, to respond to visual stimuli that they do not consciously see.

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Blindsight (Watts novel)

Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006.

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Brain damage

Brain damage or brain injury (BI) is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells.

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Confabulation

In psychiatry, confabulation (verb: confabulate) is a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive.

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Cortical blindness

Cortical blindness is the total or partial loss of vision in a normal-appearing eye caused by damage to the brain's occipital cortex.

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Dogville

Dogville is a 2003 internationally co-produced avant-garde crime drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring an ensemble cast led by Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara, and James Caan.

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Emergency department

An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident & emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.

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European Journal of Neurology

The European Journal of Neurology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers all aspects of neurology.

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Gabriel Anton

Gabriel Anton (28 July 1858 – 3 January 1933) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist.

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Head injury

A head injury is any injury that results in trauma to the skull or brain.

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House (TV series)

House (also called House, M.D.) is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004 to May 21, 2012.

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Joseph Babinski

Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński; 17 November 1857 – 29 October 1932) was a French neurologist of Polish descent.

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Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter with a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades.

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Naegleriasis

Naegleriasis (also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis) is an infection of the brain by the free-living unicellular Naegleria fowleri.

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Occipital lobe

The occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals.

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Peter Watts (author)

Peter Watts (born 1958) is a Canadian science fiction author and former marine-mammal biologist.

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Prosopagnosia

Prosopagnosia, also called face blindness, (" Choisser had even begun to a name for the condition: face blindness.") is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces, including one's own face (self-recognition), is impaired, while other aspects of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decisionmaking) remain intact.

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Raj Patel

Raj Patel (born 1972) is a British Indian academic, journalist, activist and writer.

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Riddoch syndrome

Riddoch syndrome (also known as the Riddoch phenomenon) is an ocular affectation often caused by lesions in the occipital lobe which limit the sufferer's ability to distinguish objects.

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Rupert Thomson

Rupert Thomson (born 1955) is an English writer of fiction and non-fiction.

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Stroke

A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.

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The Insult (novel)

The Insult is a novel by Rupert Thomson.

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The Value of Nothing

The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy is a book by Raj Patel about the economic crisis and its effect on consumers.It was published in 2010.

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Visual cortex

The visual cortex of the brain is a part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.

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Visual impairment

Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses.

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Visual release hallucinations

Visual release hallucinations, also known as Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is a type of psychophysical visual disturbance and the experience of complex visual hallucinations in a person with partial or severe blindness.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton–Babinski_syndrome

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