A Patient Like G

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient like G.S. who had visual object agnosia would have difficulty in identifying an object unless

• A)the object had been familiar to him prior to his brain injury.
• B)he was asked to describe the object's use rather than its specific name.
• C)he was permitted to touch the object before making a response.
• D)the object was presented in the contralesional side of the visual field.

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